Recipient of a number of prestigious awards, Suzanne Kamata represents the best in the mingling of the East and the West. Her writing flows well and is compelling — exploring areas that are often left untouched by more conventional writers. Kamata has lived in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan, for more than half of her life. She is the author or editor of 14 published books including, most recently, The Spy (Gemma Open Door, 2020), a novella for emerging readers; the middle grade novel Pop Flies, Robo-pets and Other Disasters (One Elm Books, 2020) which won an American Fiction Award and was recently released as an audiobook; and Indigo Girl (GemmaMedia, 2019), winner of an SCBWI Crystal Kite Award and named a Freeman Book Awards Honor Book, as well as one of the Best Children’s Books of 2019 by Bank Street College. Suzanne has a poetry book called Waiting forthcoming in January 2022 from Kelsay Books.
Interview
In Conversation with Suzanne Kamata
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Poetry
Commemorating Hiroshima: Poetry by Suzanne Kamata
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Book reviews
Suzanne Kamata reviews Iain Maloney’s Life is Elsewhere/ Burn Your Flags. Click here to read.
Gracy Samjetsabam reviews Suzanne Kamata’s The Baseball Widow. Click here to read.
Gracy Samjetsabam reviews Suzanne Kamata’s Indigo Girl . Click here to read.
Book Excerpt
Suzanne Kamata’s The Baseball Widow. Click here to read.
Notes from Japan
Suzanne Kamata’s column on Japanese culture and life. Click here to read.
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