Moon, Avia Belle

Avia Belle Moon is the pen name of a freelance writer who has lived in Japan for the last ten years. She maintains a balance between fiction and nonfiction, and has written short stories and articles on Japanese arts and culture for various newspapers and magazines in Tokyo and Osaka, including "The Japan Times" and "Kansai Time Out." She has many passions, including pasta, sushi, and Japanese art. She is both observer and participant in the romantic encounters of the Heian nobility, struggling to maintain her identity, transcending gender and blood in a display as passionate and brilliant as