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2'''Laura Joh Rowland''' (born 1954) is an Asian-American author who primarily writes historical mysteries. She's most well known for penning the ''Sano Ichrio'' series.
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4!! Her works include:
5[[index]]
6* ''Literature/SanoIchiro''
7** ''Shinjū'' (1994)
8** ''Bundori'' (1996)
9** ''The Way of the Traitor'' (1997)
10** ''The Concubine's Tattoo'' (1998)
11** ''The Samurai's Wife'' (2000)
12** ''Black Lotus'' (2001)
13** ''The Pillow Book of Lady Wisteria'' (2002)
14** ''The Dragon King's Palace'' (2003)
15** ''The Perfumed Sleeve'' (2004)
16** ''The Assassin's Touch'' (2005)
17** ''Red Chrysanthemum'' (2006)
18** ''The Snow Empress'' (2007)
19** ''The Fire Kimono'' (2008)
20** ''The Cloud Pavilion'' (2009)
21** ''The Rōnin's Mistress'' (2011)
22** ''The Incense Game'' (2012)
23** ''The Shogun's Daughter'' (2013)
24** ''The Iris Fan'' (2014)
25* ''Literature/TheSecretAdventuresOfCharlotteBronte''
26** ''The Secret Adventures of Charlotte Brontë'' (2008)
27** ''Bedlam: The Further Secret Adventures of Charlotte Brontë'' (2010)
28* ''Literature/SarahBain''
29** ''The Ripper's Shadow'' (2017)
30** ''A Mortal Likeness'' (2018)
31** ''The Hangman's Secret'' (2019)
32** ''The Woman in the Veil'' (2020)
33** ''Portrait of Peril'' (2021)
34** ''Garden of Sins'' (2022)
35** ''River of Fallen Angels'' (2023)
36[[/index]]
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38!! Common tropes found in Rowland's works:
39* AbusiveParents: A lot of Rowland's characters experience hardship at the hand of their parents.
40* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Rowland usually sticks to fact, but at times she'll deviate from it for the purpose of plot.
41* RapeAsBackstory: In almost all of her novels, there's at least one character who is a rape survivor.

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