Liza Dalby
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Liza Crihfield Dalby is an American anthropologist and novelist specializing in Japanese culture. Her book Geisha (filmed as American Geisha) is based on her experiences with the geisha community in Kyoto's Pontochō.
Her other books include Kimono: Fashioning Culture, a history of the symbolism and cultural meaning of kimono in Japanese culture; and a novel The Tale of Murasaki, the fictionalized account of the life of Murasaki Shikibu.
Her unique experience in the geisha community led her to serve as a consultant for the 2005 movie Memoirs of a Geisha starring Zhang Ziyi.
She is a graduate of Swarthmore College and holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University. She is married to Michael Dalby, managing director of Stylus LLC. They have 3 children: Marie, Owen and Chloe, and live in Berkeley, California.