ARTHUR GOLDEN

“Golden has found the heart and matter of a truth that lies beyond detail." — The New Yorker

Arthur Golden was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and was educated at Harvard College, where he received a degree in art history, specializing in Japanese art. In 1980 he earned an M.A. in Japanese history from Columbia University, where he also learned Mandarin Chinese. Following a summer at Beijing University, he worked in Tokyo, and, after returning to the United States, earned an M.A. in English from Boston University.

Golden resides in Brookline, Massachusetts, with his wife and two children. His novel, MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA, spent over fifty weeks on the the New York Times bestseller list and has sold copies that number in the millions.