| LC control no. | no 98128789 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Thorn, Rachel |
| Variant(s) | Thorn, Matt レイチェル・マット・ソーン Reicheru Matto Sōn |
| Associated country | Kyoto (Japan) |
| Birth date | 1965-05-12 |
| Place of birth | Pennsylvania |
| Field of activity | Graphic novels Comic books, strips, etc.--Japan |
| Affiliation | Kyōto Seika Daigaku |
| Profession or occupation | Anthropologists Translators |
| Found in | Ranma 1/2. 1, c1993: t.p. verso (translation, Matt Thorn) Correspondence with author, 09 July 2018 (author's preference is to use Rachel Thorn as a name rather than Rachel Matt Thorn, which she has been using as a bridge between old and new names.) Internet search, 10 July 2018 About Rachel Matt Thorn (Rachel Matt Thorn was born May 12, 1965, in Pennsylvania. She first discovered manga (Japanese comics) as an exchange student at Konan University in 1985. In 1988, she began to study shōjo manga (girls' and women's comics) in earnest at the University of Illinois, where she earned a Master of Arts in East Asian & Pacific Studies. In 2000 she became a permanent full-time associate professor in the Story Manga Department of Kyoto Seika University. She writes in both Japenese and English. Author's note: Although she generally presents as a man, she identifies as a woman. "She/Her," please.) |
| Associated language | eng jpn |
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