Autor/-in: Kazumi Wilds

Kazumi Wilds. is an illustrator and creator of art books who was born in Japan. Kojiki: The Birth of Japan. is adapted from her thesis project as an M. F. A. student at the University of Iowa, Center for the Book. She also holds a bachelor's degree from Joshibi University of Art and Design in Tokyo, where she majored in Japanese painting. She worked as a school teacher in Japan for many years before living in the United States, which included a stint running a gallery in Taos, New Mexico. She has illustrated over a dozen children's books, including All About Japan. and The Peace Tree from Hiroshima. -this is her first adult book. Wilds is currently teaching art courses at Temple University's Tokyo campus.