David Joiner

David Joiner was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1991 he made his first trip to Japan - a five-month study program in Sapporo – and three years later moved for the first of seven times to Vietnam. In Vietnam he has lived in Bien Hoa, Hanoi, HCMC, and Mui Ne; in Japan he has called Sapporo, Akita, Fukui, Tokyo, and Kanazawa home at different times.

His novels include the 2024 International Rubery Book Award-winning The Heron Catchers (Stone Bridge Press, 2023), Kanazawa (Stone Bridge Press, 2022), and Lotusland (Guernica Editions, 2015 & Painted Veil Press, 2025).