B I O G R A P H Y
Kimiko Guthrie grew up in Berkeley, California, dancing like her mother and writing like her father. She is the professional learning manager at Luna Dance & Creativity, teaches dance and theater at CSU East Bay, and is the co-artistic director of Dandelion Dancetheater. She holds a BA in Creative Writing from UC Santa Cruz and an MFA in Choreography from Mills College. Kimiko has worked with many Bay Area-based dance companies, including Asian American Dance Performances and the Margaret Jenkins Dance Company. BLOCK SEVENTEEN, inspired by her experience growing up with a mother who was held in a Japanese American incarceration camp during WWII, was published in 2020. She is currently writing a new novel inspired by the life of her grandmother and exploring the theme of female hunger.