Tessa Morris-Suzuki is Professor Emerita of History at the Australian National University, where she held the positions of Distinguished Professor and Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow.

In 2013 she was awarded the Fukuoka Prize (Academic) for contributions to Asian studies. Morris-Suzuki is the author of 25 non-fiction books, including The Past Within Us- Media, Memory, History; Exodus to North Korea- Shadows from Japan's Cold War; Japan's Living Politics- Grassroots Action and the Crises of Democracy; and On the Frontiers of History- Rethinking East Asian Borders. She has also published two historical novels, The Searcher and The Lantern Boats.