Cynthia Kadohata
| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | occupation = Writer | language = | nationality = | citizenship = | education = University of Southern California (BA) | period = | genre = Children's and Young-adult literature | subject = | movement = | notableworks = | awards = | spouse(s) = | partner(s) = | children = Sammy | relative(s) = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | portaldisp = }}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''. Provided by Wikipedia
