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Simon Rowe

  • Freelance Writer and Book Author, Freelance
Australia, Japan, Melbourne, New Zealand
As seen in: LinkedIn, Medium, The Independent (UK), TIME, Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Brisbane Times, WAtoday
Covers:  Travel, culture, literature, Japan
Antipodean author in Japan | Mami Suzuki: Private Eye (Penguin Random 2023) | Repped by Priya Doraswamy @ Lotus Lane Literary
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Simon Rowe’s Biography

Simon Rowe has lived in Japan for more than twenty-five years, winning numerous awards for his short fiction and screenplays, including Good Night Papa (2013 Asian Short Screenplay Contest) and Pearl City: Stories from Japan and Elsewhere (2021 Best Indie Book Award), a collection of short fiction that explores themes of memory, identity, and belonging. His stories about Japanese life and culture have appeared in The Paris Review, the New York Times, TIME (Asia), the South China Morning Post, The Straits Times, The Australian, and the Australian Financial Review.

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