Nakamura, James (b. 1984) is a Japanese American novelist and essayist from San Jose, California, raised in Torrance. He studied English and dance history at the University of California, Berkeley, and earned an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. His fiction and criticism have appeared in ZYZZYVA, The Believer, and Ploughshares, and he has received fellowships from Kundiman and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. He has taught creative writing at Goldsmiths, University of London, and served as a mentor for early-career writers. He lives between London and Kyoto with his partner, a lighting designer, and their daughter.
