About Maya

Maya Rushing Walker writes fiction set in both historical and modern times, with a strong sense of place. She lives and writes in a 1780s farmhouse in northern New England. In a previous life, she was a U.S. diplomat and a Wall Street banker, and holds a B.S. in international economics from Georgetown and an A.M. in East Asian Studies from Harvard.

She is Japanese-American, and was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. You can sign up for her Japan-influenced newsletter and read more about her background on her website at ispeakjaplish.com.