David Mas Masumoto, a third generation Japanese-American, attended the University of California at Berkeley and Douglas. "Epitaph for a Peach" details the stresses and successes of a year on his family's peach farm. "Country Voices: The Oral History of a Japanese American Family Farm Community" combines interviews and his own memories to detail the history experiences of Japanese-Americans, including America's "relocation camps" of World War II. Masumoto has won the James Clavell Japanese-American National Literary Award, the Julia Child Award, and the International Association of Culinary Professionals Award.