Mary Matsumoto
Mary Matsumoto has had over 200 feature articles published in eight different newspapers and her short stories have appeared in print and electronic journals. She has won awards along the way, such as the 1997 Media Recognition Award (presented by the American Cancer Society). Her writing is informed and enriched by the insight she has gained into the human psyche through her career as a professional journalist and her hundreds of personal interviews with people living in both rural and urban America.
Matsumoto has held the position of music critic for a regional newspaper, as well as fulfilling a special assignment as sole reporter for four newspapers covering a state-level exhibition. In the area of non-fiction, she has completed a 170-page lay treatise on the theme of depression, dealing with the subject through the eyes of patients, and based on fourteen interviews and extensive research on the subject. She is formally educated in all aspects of fiction writing, is a regular and enthusiastic participant in various writers' groups.
Portrait of Eva's Mother is Matsumoto's first full-length novel. A second novel, Forgiving Father, is now also completed and in the process of editing.
Mary Matsumoto has had over 200 feature articles published in eight different newspapers and her short stories have appeared in print and electronic journals. She has won awards along the way, such as the 1997 Media Recognition Award (presented by the American Cancer Society). Her writing is informed and enriched by the insight she has gained into the human psyche through her career as a professional journalist and her hundreds of personal interviews with people living in both rural and urban America.
Matsumoto has held the position of music critic for a regional newspaper, as well as fulfilling a special assignment as sole reporter for four newspapers covering a state-level exhibition. In the area of non-fiction, she has completed a 170-page lay treatise on the theme of depression, dealing with the subject through the eyes of patients, and based on fourteen interviews and extensive research on the subject. She is formally educated in all aspects of fiction writing, is a regular and enthusiastic participant in various writers' groups.
Portrait of Eva's Mother is Matsumoto's first full-length novel. A second novel, Forgiving Father, is now also completed and in the process of editing.