When was lensey namioka born

As she once told Something about the Author, her works "draw heavily" on her "Chinese cultural heritage and on [her] husband's Japanese cultural heritage. Namioka was born in China in to Yuen Ren, a linguist, and Buwei Yang Chao, a working mother who pursued dual careers as a physician and writer.

Her parents instilled in her a love for music, making it a constant in their household--likely the reason music figures in a number of Namioka's books. As a young adult, she came Browse all BookRags Study Guides. Copyrights Lensey Namioka from Gale.

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Top 10 Top 10 Authors, children's authors of the year by vote. Chris Mentillo. Santosh Ram. Gordon Korman. Itodo Nelson Obinna. Kryz Uy. Francesca Amber. Here she met and married Isaac Namioka , a fellow graduate student in mathematics. In , the Namiokas' first daughter Aki was born, followed by a second daughter Michi, who was born in The family moved to Seattle in , when Isaac Namioka accepted a position at the University of Washington. In the s, on a visit to Japan , Namioka visited Namioka Castle.

The experience inspired her to learn more about the samurai. This study culminated in "The Samurai and the Long-nosed Devils", which was published in Namioka expanded this book into a whole series of books about samurai. Namioka also wrote a series of books about a Chinese American family named Yang, and several books about young women and girls facing difficult choices.