Rachel Kondo was born and raised in Maui. Her writing has appeared in Electric Literature, Ploughshares Solos and Indiana Review. In 2019, her story “Girl of Few Seasons” was included in The O. Henry Prize Stories and selected as a juror favorite by Elizabeth Strout.

Along with Justin Marks, she co-created the FX television production of Shōgun adapted from the novel by James Clavell.

A graduate of the Michener Center for Writers, Kondo goes between Los Angeles and Maui.