Royall Tyler was formerly a professor at the Japan Centre (Faculty of Asian Studies) at the Australian National University, and spent the American academic year 2001-2002 as a Visiting Professor at Harvard. He has published 27 books. His two-volume translation of The Tale of Genji was published in October 2001 by Viking in New York. Also known for translations of Japanese Tales, The Tale of the Heike, The Ise Stories and many other classic or lesser-known works of medieval Japanese literature.
