Naomi J Williams

Naomi J. Williams is the author of Landfalls, a fictionalized account of the 18th-century Lapérouse expedition. Her short stories have appeared in numerous literary journals, including Zoetrope, A Public Space, One Story, Ninth Letter, and The Southern Review. A five-time Pushcart Prize nominee and one-time winner as well as Best American Short Stories honorable mention recipient, Naomi has an undergraduate degree in East Asian Studies from Princeton and an MA in Creative Writing from UC Davis. Naomi lives in northern California with her family and is working on her second novel, a fictionalized retelling of the life of Japanese poet Yosano Akiko.