Nancy Matsumoto is an award-winning freelance writer and editor who specializes in the areas of regenerative agriculture, food, sake, arts and culture. She has been a contributor to The Wall Street Journal, Time, Newsweek, TheAtlantic.com, People, Food & Wine, Saveur, The Los Angeles Times, Civil Eats, NPR, The Toronto Globe and Mail, and Air Canada enRoute Magazine, among other publications. A holder of three sake certifications, her latest book is the James Beard award-winning Exploring the World of Japanese Craft Sake: Rice, Water, Earth, co-written with Michael Tremblay. Her latest book, the English-language translation of a Japanese anthology of tanka poetry, By the Shore of Lake Michigan, was released in October, 2024 from UCLA’s Asian American Studies Press.

Other books include Unforgotten Voices From Heart Mountain: An Oral History of the Incarceration, Displaced: Manzanar 1942-1945, and The Race. Her book The Parent's Guide to Eating Disorders: Supporting Self-Esteem, Healthy Eating & Positive Body Image at Home, co-written with Dr. Marcia Herrin, is the winner of a National Parenting Publication award.