Sheila Hamanaka

Sheila Hamanaka is an American freelance children's author and illustrator.

Life

Hamanaka is a Sansei Japanese American, the daughter of actor Conrad Yama and Mary Takaoka of the Vaudeville group Taka Sisters. She has two older siblings; the writer and musician V. Vale, and musician/singer Lionelle Hamanaka.
Hamanaka lives in Tappan, New York.

Awards

1992 American Book Award for ''The Journey''

Works

In Search Of The Spirit: The Living National Treasures of Japan, 1999 Morrow Junior, Sheila Hamanaka, Ayano Ohmi,

Criticism

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