Susan Karen Burton (A Hostess of the Floating World) lived and worked in Japan for 14 years before completing doctorates in history and in creative-critical writing. Her work has appeared in Times Higher Education, The Telegraph, The Manchester Review, Words and Women and Going Down Swinging. She is the co-author of two books in Japanese and, in 2018, a work in progress, Gaijin: Modern Japan Through Western Eyes, was shortlisted for the Tony Lothian Prize.
Susan's work appears in Issue 1 of Hinterland. Click here to buy a copy.