Cynthia Kadohata
Cynthia Kadohata | |
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Kadohata in 2014-2015 | |
| Born | July 2, 1956 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Education | University of Southern California (BA) |
| Genre | Children's and Young-adult literature |
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| Notable awards | Whiting Award 1991 Newbery Medal 2005 PEN USA 2006 National Book Award 2013 |
| Children | Sammy |
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Cynthia Kadohata (born July 2, 1956) is a Japanese American children's writer best known for her young adult novel Kira-Kira which won the Newbery Medal in 2005. She won the National Book Award for Young People's Literature in 2013 for The Thing About Luck.