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I hate thinking about writer's block! I don't have writer's block much, knock on wood, but if I do, I think it's usually because I haven't done enough research and am therefore unable to create a fully realized world.

~Cynthia Kadohata

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In 1982, when I was almost 26 years old, I decided I wanted to write fiction. I'd majored in journalism in college, and I'd always assumed I would write nonfiction.

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It took seven years from the day I decided I wanted to write fiction to actually getting a book published.

~Cynthia Kadohata

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I try to find my deepest, often hidden feelings about what's working and what's not. This is difficult because I do lie to myself without being aware that that's what I'm doing.

~Cynthia Kadohata

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'Weedflower' was already in the copyediting phase when I heard about the Newbery award, so it didn't really influence my writing of that book, but since then, I have become more aware of having an audience.

~Cynthia Kadohata

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At the time I was writing 'Weedflower,' my friend Naomi Hirahara was writing a book about Japanese-American flower farmers. She knew quite a few elderly farmers and put me in touch with four or five of them who had been in camps during WWII. Some, like my father, were reluctant to talk about their experiences.

~Cynthia Kadohata

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I have so much respect for people who do blue-collar work because I come from that background myself.

~Cynthia Kadohata

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I love writing about people on the road.

~Cynthia Kadohata

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You feel almost a part of the wheat when you're sitting in a combine.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: July 2nd, 1956

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