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Kim Moritsugu is a Canadian writer of Japanese-Canadian and French-Canadian descent, born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, where she now resides.

Moritsugu has Bachelor of Arts and Master of Business Administration degrees from the University of Toronto. She took up fiction writing fulltime after working for 15 years at a Crown corporation.

Her first novel, italic textLooks PerfectItalic text, a romantic comedy, was published by Goose Lane Editions in 1996, and was nominated for the City of Toronto Book Award. Her second novel Italic textOld FlamesItalic text, a domestic comedy, was published by The Porcupine's Quill. Her third novel Italic text'The Glenwood Treasure'Italic text was published by Dundurn Press in 2003 and was nominated for an Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Novel. Her fourth novel, Italic textThe Restoration of EmilyItalic text was published by Dundurn in 2006.

Moritsugu also contributed a short story called "A Taste of Honey" to the Italic textToronto NoirItalic text'' anthology published by Akashic Books in 2008.

Moritsugu teaches creative writing at the Humber School for Writers, part of the Humber Institute for Technology and Advanced Learning and runs the Humber Writers' Circle, a continuing education program, for the Humber School for Writers.