Cynthia Kadohata (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
Born to a Japanese American family, Cynthia Kadohata (kah-doh-hah-tah) spent her childhood in Georgia, Michigan, Arkansas, and Chicago. Her family had to move often because her father, like other Japanese Americans, faced hardships in obtaining work during and after World War II. Kadohata’s parents divorced when she was nine, and at the age of fifteen Kadohata moved to Los Angeles, where she attended Hollywood High School. She soon dropped out, but after she turned eighteen she attended Los Angeles City College and later transferred to the University of Southern California, where she...
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