Rachel Kondo

Rachel Kondo is an American writer and television supervising producer. Her short story "Girl of Few Seasons" was a finalist for the O. Henry Award. Alongside her husband Justin Marks, she is also a supervising producer for the re-adaptation of Shōgun. Early life and career Kondo is of Japanese descent. She grew up in Pukalani, Hawaii, and received a $1,000 scholarship as a senior in high school. Kondo pursued her Master of Fine Arts at the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas at Austin. During her time there, she was a finalist for the 2014 Keene Prize for Literature and received part of the $50,000 runner-up prize. In 2017, her husband Justin Marks chose her to work as a supervising producer for the re-adaptation of Shōgun. References