Fiction. Asian American Studies. SOUTHLAND brings us a fascinating story of race, love, murder and history, against the backdrop of an ever-changing Los Angeles. Moving in and out of the past—from the internment camps of World War II, to the barley fields of the Crenshaw district in the 1930s, to the streets of Watts in the 1960s, to the night spots and garment factories of the 1990s—SOUTHLAND weaves a tale of Los Angeles in all of its faces and forms.

Author City: LOS ANGELES, CA USA

Nina Revoyr was born in Japan to a Japanese mother and a white American father, and grew up in Tokyo, Wisconsin, and Los Angeles. She is the author of four novels—WINGSHOOTS, THE AGE OF DREAMING, SOUTHLAND, and The Necessary Hunger. Nina has been an Associate Faculty member at Antioch University, a Visiting Professor at Cornell University, and the Remsen Bird Visiting Writer at Occidental College. She is currently the Visiting Writer at Pitzer College. Nina has also worked for more than a decade in the fields of child welfare and public education. She lives in Los Angeles with her English Springer Spaniel, Russell and her Border Collie, Ariat.

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