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Lensey Namioka Lensey Namioka

Last updated on: March 11, 2010

Born in Beijing, China, Lensey Namioka moved to the United States with her family before she was a teenager. Although she was an adept mathematician, her interest in telling stories took precedence, and she started to write books set in ancient Japan. Her other books are set in China as well as in contemporary America, where she explores the lives of young immigrants and their families. Among the awards her books have won are a Parent's Choice Gold Medal and the Washington State Governor's Writers Award (three times). Village of the Vampire Cat was an Edgar Allan Poe Juvenile Mystery Award nominee. And Ties That Bind, Ties That Break was selected by the American Library Association as one of the Top 10 Best Book for Young Adults in 2000.

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Novels

The Samurai and the Long-Nosed Devils (1976)

White Serpent Castle (1976)

Valley of the Broken Cherry Trees (1980)

Village of the Vampire Cat (1981)

Who's Hu? (1981)

Phantom of Tiger Mountain (1986)

Island of Ogres (1989)

The Coming of the Bear (1992)

April and the Dragon Lady (1994)

Den of the White Fox (1997)

Ties That Bind, Ties That Break (1999)

An Ocean Apart, A World Away (2002)

Mismatch (2006)

Books for Middle Grade Readers

Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear (1992)

Yang theThird and Her Impossible Family (1995)

Yang the Second and Her Secret Admirers (1998)

Yang the Eldest and His Odd Jobs (2000)

Half and Half (2003)

Books for Children

The Loyal Cat (1995)

The Laziest Boy in the World (1998)

The Hungriest Boy in the World (2001)

Books for Adults

Japan: A Traveler's Companion (1979)

China: A Traveler's Companion (1985)

Translator

How to Order and Eat in Chinese (1974)

Nonfiction

Math and After Math (1995)

Short Stories

The All-American Slurp (1987)

The Inn of Lost Time (1989)

Who's Hu? (1993)

Fox Hunt (1993)

Little Li and the Old Soldier (1997)

They Don't Mean It! (2004)

Plays

Herbal Nightmare (1990)

Essays for Educators

On Writing About What You Don't Know (1997)