Jonelle Patrick

Jonelle Patrick is the author of six novels set in Japan, and has been writing about Japanese culture and travel since first moving there in 2003. The Japanese government awarded her a cultural visa for writing about Japan in 2023, and she regularly contributes to the monthly e-magazine Japanagram, The Tokyo Guide I Wish I’d Had and Only In Japan. She’s a graduate of Stanford University and the Sendagaya Japanese Language Institute, and a member of the Mystery Writers of America, International Thriller Writers, Sisters in Crime, and the Historical Novel Society. She divides her time between Tokyo and San Francisco.