Hillary Raphael

Hillary Raphael
Born 1976
Pen name Hillary Raphael, Shoshana Banana
Occupation Novelist
Nationality American

Hillary Raphael (born April 12, 1976) is an American novelist.

Raphael holds an MFA in Fiction from Hunter College in New York City where she won the MFA Thesis Prize for her novel, I Love Lord Buddha (Creation Books). She is also known for a non-fiction book about the Japanese butoh dance movement, Outcast Samurai Dancer, a collaboration with Japanese culture expert Donald Richie and photographer Meital Hershkovitz. Her novel Backpacker: New York, Seoul, Phnom Penh, Sapporo, Hong Kong, Vancouver, Mexico City, Maputo, Tokyo mon amour was published in 2007. Ximena followed in 2008 on her own Future Fiction imprint.

Raphael, since 2014, writes and illustrates children's books under the name Shoshana Banana. Her debut title Family Ties was named one of the Best Children's Books of 2015 by Tablet Magazine,[1] while Levi & Aya, published in 2016 debuted at #1 in its category on Amazon UK.

A vintage fashion collector and dealer, Raphael writes copy for numerous fashion companies in New York and Japan, and maintains "a travelogue of raw denim" for Somet Taisai Co. called "Denim Has A Soul".

References

  1. ↑ sam says: (2015-12-03). "The Best Jewish Children's Books of 2015 – Tablet Magazine". Tabletmag.com. Retrieved 2016-04-11.

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