Books by David Benjamin

David Benjamin is the author of The Joy of Sumo (Tuttle) and The Life and Times of the Last Kid Picked (Random House). He lived in Japan for 7 years, where he was editor-in-chief of Tokyo Journal, contributing editor and columnist for The Japan Times Weekly, and wrote a weekly column for The Mainichi Daily News. Following the publication of The Joy of Sumo, he became a regular sumo columnist in Shukan Bunshun and an occasional commentator on sumo and other sports on television.. He remains the only foreigner ever to cover Japan's national sport on a regular basis in a major Japanese-language publication. Today, Benjamin splits his time between New York and Paris, with regular visits to Japan. He continues to write fiction as well as weekly opinion essays, which have appeared in - among other publications - the New York Times, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Chicago Tribune, and the San Francisco Chronicle.