Eli K.P. William

Eli K.P. William is a British-Canadian novelist who has spent most of his adult life in Japan. The only member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan who writes fiction in English, he is the author of The Jubilee Cycle trilogy (Skyhorse Publishing), set in  future Tokyo. The series includes Cash Crash Jubilee (2015) and The Naked World (2017), and concluded in January 2023 with the final book A Diamond Dream. He also translates Japanese literature, including the bestselling novel A Man by Keiichiro Hirano. His translations, essays, and short stories have appeared in such publications as Granta, The Southern Review, Monkey, The Malahat Review, The Japan Times, The Pacific Rim Review of Books, Tor.com, Kyoto Journal, Writer’s Digest, Gorilla Plus, Nippon.com, Now Magazine, Cha, and (in Japanese) SF Prologue Wave, and the literary journal Subaru.

After ten years in the thick of Tokyo, he now lives in the green hills outside the metropolis with his wife and daughter. He tries to keep up a daily meditation practice and to stay in shape through hiking, cycling, and dance. Since the pandemic, he has made a point of more frequently visiting Toronto, the city of his birth, and can sometimes be found roaming North America in the summer. His most recent novel (forthcoming) is a work of genre-bending speculative fiction set in present day Toronto. He is also doing research for two projects: a book of non-fiction related to Japan and a near future novel that will take place in Micronesia and the upper atmosphere. In the coming years, he hopes to publish more essays and to experiment with anything from video game writing to poetry and flash fiction. His other hobbies include birdwatching, playing ukelele, and brewing fine cups of loose-leaf green tea, especially gyokuro.