Wendy Nelson Tokunaga's debut novel Midori By Moonlight was published by St. Martin's Press in September 2007. Drawing on her extensive experience in studying the Japanese language and culture; living, working and playing in Japan; and her cross-cultural marriage, Tokunaga explores the theme of why some people feel the need to trade in their native culture for a new one.

She is also the author of the novel, No Kidding (a winner in the 2002 Writer's Digest Self-Published Book Awards). Her short stories have appeared in The Abiko Literary Quarterly Review, The Plaza, The Timberlake Review, and Yomimono, among others. Her two children’s nonfiction books are Famous People: Christina Aguilera and Wonders of the World: Niagara Falls.

Born in San Francisco, Wendy has lived her whole life in the San Francisco Bay Area (except for a stint in Tokyo in the 1980s). She lives with her Osaka-born surfer-dude husband, Manabu Tokunaga, several virtual West Highland white terriers, and a champagne-sable Burmese cat dubbed Meow in a house that is a ten-minute walk from the Pacific Ocean. Wendy and Manabu were the founders of the award-winning GEnie Japan Round Table Forum discussion board that ran from 1989 - 1994. They also perform as a musical duo called Star Jazzmin with Wendy on vocals and Manabu on electronic keyboard, playing an eclectic blend of jazz, bossa nova and cool pop. They make only rare public appearances at a select group of exclusive parties, but if you stand in front of their house most any evening, you'll probably hear them practicing.

Wendy is also a Japanese karaoke singer of some renown (singing both j-pop and enka), having won awards in a number of competitions. She most recently was a finalist on NHK’s Nodo Jiman singing contest in 2002 where she performed at San Francisco's Civic Auditorium in a concert that was broadcast live by satellite all over the world. In a previous life she sang, played bass guitar, and was chief songwriter in a number of rock and new wave bands. Her first of many trips to Japan was as a winner in the JVC Victor Original Song Contest held at Nakano Sun Plaza in Tokyo.