Julie Otsuka

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  • Bibliography:
    3 Books
  • First Book:
    September 2002
  • Latest Book:
    February 2022
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Book List in Order: 3 titles

  • When the Emperor Was Divine

    From the bestselling, award-winning author of The Buddha in the Attic and The Swimmers, this commanding debut novel paints a portrait of the Japanese American incarceration camps that is both a haunting evocation of a family in wartime and a resonant...

  • The Buddha in the Attic

    Julie Otsuka's long awaited follow-up to When the Emperor Was Divine ("To watch Emperor catching on with teachers and students in vast numbers is to grasp what must have happened at the outset for novels like Lord of the Flies and To Kill a Mockingbi...

  • The Swimmers

    From the best-selling, award-winning author of The Buddha in the Attic and When the Emperor Was Divine comes a novel about what happens to a group of obsessed recreational swimmers when a crack appears at the bottom of their local pool -- a tour de f...



Award-Winning Books by Julie Otsuka

The Buddha in the Attic
2011 Langum Prize for Historical Literature -- Historical Fiction
2012 PEN/Faulkner Award -- Fiction
The Swimmers
2023 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence -- Fiction
When the Emperor Was Divine
2003 Alex Award -- Adult/For Young Adults


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Julie Otsuka has published 3 books.

Julie Otsuka does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Swimmers, was published in February 2022.

The first book by Julie Otsuka, When the Emperor Was Divine, was published in September 2002.

No. Julie Otsuka does not write books in series.
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