- Cynthia Kadohata
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Cynthia Kadohata Born 1956
Chicago, IllinoisOccupation Author Ethnicity Japanese American Citizenship USA Alma mater USC Genres Young Adults, Children Notable work(s) Kira-Kira, Weedflower Notable award(s) 2005 Newbery Medal
PEN USA AwardChildren Sammy
kira-kira.usCynthia Kadohata (born 1956 in Chicago, Illinois) is a Japanese American writer known for winning the 2005 Newbery Medal. Her first published short story appeared in The New Yorker in 1986.
Weedflower, her second children's book, was published in Spring 2006. It is about the Poston internment camp where her father was imprisoned during World War II. Her third children's novel, about the Vietnam War from a war dog's perspective, was published in January 2007 by Atheneum Books for young readers. She has three more children's books scheduled to be published by Atheneum.
"Outside Beauty", another children's novel, was published in 2008. It is about a 13-year-old girl and her three sisters, all fathered by different men and what happens when she and her sisters are separated from each other after their mother gets into an accident.
Contents
Novels
- The Floating World, 1989
- In the Heart of the Valley of Love, 1992
- The Glass Mountains, 1995
- Kira-Kira, 2004, 2005 Newbery Medal winner,[1] Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature winner
- Weedflower, 2006, a PEN USA Award winner
- Cracker! The Best Dog in Vietnam, 2007 California Young Reader Medal 2011[2]
- Outside Beauty, 2008
- A Million Shades of Gray, 2010
Personal
- High school drop-out
- BA in journalism from the University of Southern California
- Attended graduate programs at the University of Pittsburgh and Columbia University
- Lives in Los Angeles
References
- ^ Program Guide, Los Angeles Times Festival of Books in association with UCLA, April 18, 2010
- ^ "Winners". California Young Reader Medal. http://www.californiayoungreadermedal.org/winners.htm. Retrieved 2011-05-08.
- Staff (September 2007) "Cynthia Kadohata 1956-" Biography Today 15(3) p. 38-49
External links
- Kadohata's homepage
- 2007 Audio Interview of Cynthia Kadohata
- de:Amerikanische Kinder- und JugendliteraturAmerikanische Kinder Literatur
Categories:- Newbery Medal winners
- 1956 births
- Living people
- American children's writers
- American women writers
- American people of Japanese descent
- American writers of Japanese descent
- American children's writer stubs
- Asian American stubs
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