Inspired by personal experiences with Japan's vengeful spirits, Davisson investigates the origins and legends of yurei.

Zack Davisson is an award-winning translator, writer, and scholar of Japanese folklore and ghosts. He is the author of The Supernatural Cats of Japan (Chin Music Press), translator of Eisner Award-winning and Harvey-nominated Shigeru Mizuki's Showa 1926-1939: A History of Japan, and a 2014 nominee of the Japanese-US Friendship Commission Translation Prize. Other translation works include the famous folklore comic Kitaro (Drawn and Quarterly) and the works of Satoshi Kon (Dark Horse).