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Author and poet Hiromi Goto was born in Japan and moved to Canada at age 3. Her first novel, Chorus of Mushrooms, won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book.

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Hiromi Goto Brief biography and excerpts from "Chorus of Mushrooms", "The Water of Possibility", and "The Kappa Child". www.eciad.bc.ca/~amathur/hiromi_goto

Canadian Writers: Hiromi Goto Biography, bibliography, and "Words Like Buckshot", an essay by Mari Sasano on Goto's "A Chorus of Mushrooms". www.athabascau.ca/cll/writers/goto/goto.html

First Generation Grandmothers: Obachan Naoe and Mui Lan Essay by Ann Barrow about Goto's "Chorus of Mushrooms". honors.org/AH_Zine/Dec2000/Grandmothers.htm

James Tiptree Jr. Memorial Award Announced Press release announcing the award which was given to Goto's "The Kappa Child". www.tiptree.org/press/20020415.html