Mariko Tatsumoto

Mariko Tatsumoto (Psych'74; Law'77) immigrated to the U.S. from Japan when she was 8 years old and became the first Asian woman attorney to be admitted to the Colorado Bar before becoming a novelist. Tatsumoto recently published a historical fiction novel, Blossoms on a Poisoned Sea, through Northampton House Press. Set in Japan, the book is based on the true events of one of history's most shocking corporate betrayals and industrial disasters. Tatsumoto explains: "Blossoms is about environmental pollution, politics, corporate cover-up, social injustice and ethics, along with romance and murders.