Brian MacLearn was born and raised in the American South, and attended the University of Alabama where he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Agricultural Economics. He then earned a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Tennessee. For over thirty years, MacLearn worked as a Certified Public Accountant with Arthur Andersen and Coopers & Lybrand and taught accounting and business subjects at the community college level. Maclearn has been a volunteer English teacher in Japan for nearly twenty years and has written four books: A Guide to Japanese Laws; A Guide to Japanese Customs; The Illustrated Art of Japanese Gardening; and The Illustrated Art of Japanese Cooking
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He is currently working on his next book, The Illustrated Art of Japanese Cooking: How to Make Authentic Japanese Dishes in Your Own Kitchen.