Born in Japan to a Japanese mother and a Polish American father,[2] she grew up in Tokyo, Wisconsin, and Los Angeles.

While she draws much of her inspiration from urban settings —Watts, Little Tokyo, Hollywood, the Crenshaw District, Glassell Park— Revoyr's work also explores the vastness and unpredictability of the natural world, its power and its restorative possibility.

And while Lost Canyon's protagonists are situated in disparate neighborhoods across greater Los Angeles, the Sierra becomes the challenging backdrop thorough which they move.

Several of Revoyr's books (including Southland, Wingshooters, and The Age of Dreaming) are taught and/or frequently used as part of community read programs.

Relatedly, Revoyr utilizes that prism to examine the myriad of ways people create community and family—sometimes unexpectedly—across racial or cultural lines.

Through CII, Revoyr is currently involved in an effort to develop a new child and family service center in Watts,[6] designed by architect Frank Gehry.