Attended the Baylor School in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
A resident of the Boston area, Arthur is a major supporter of
up-and-coming writers. He is adored in the New England writing
community.
His mother Ruth Sulzberger Holmberg (New York City on March 12, 1921- 12 April 2017, Chattanooga) was publisher of The Chattanooga Times (1964-1992). He is thus the cousin of Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr.
Never wrote another novel again after publishing Memoirs of a Geisha in 1997.