He and his domestic partner Peter I Chang often collaborate on the illustrations in his novels under the pseudonym "Ryuzo Kikushima". This is the name of a famous Japanese screenwriter famous for co-writing the screenplay for the landmark samurai film "Yojimbo", the basis for "A Fistful of Dollars".
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