Cynthia Kadohata has lived in Chicago, Georgia, Arkansas, Michigan, Los Angeles, Boston, Pittsburgh, and New York City. She has worked as a waitress, sales clerk, typist, publicist, and secretary. She's back to Los Angeles now, probably permanently, and lives with George, her boyfriend of fifteen years; Sammy, her much-loved son; and two very funny and probably insane dogs. She has published three novels for grown-ups, and her writing has appeared in Grand Street, the Mississippi Review, The New Yorker, and Ploughshares. Her first children's novel, Kira-Kira, won the Newbery Medal in 2005. She has also published the children's books Weedflower, winner of the Pen-USA; Cracker, winner of six state awards as voted on by kids; Outside Beauty; A Million Shades of Gray; and The Thing About Luck, winner of the 2013 National Book Award. Her next novel is Half a World Away, due out September 2, 2014. Half a World Away is the tale of a troubled young boy who was adopted from Romania at age eight and whose parents are adopting a baby from Kazakhstan.
Genres: Young Adult Fiction
Novels
The Floating World (1989)
In The Heart Of The Valley Of Love (1992)
The Glass Mountains (1995)
Kira-Kira (2004)
Weedflower (2006)
Cracker! (2007)
Outside Beauty (2008)
A Million Shades of Gray (2009)
aka A Million Shades of Grey
The Thing About Luck (2013)
Half a World Away (2014)
Checked (2018)
A Place to Belong (2019)
Saucy (2020)
In The Heart Of The Valley Of Love (1992)
The Glass Mountains (1995)
Kira-Kira (2004)
Weedflower (2006)
Cracker! (2007)
Outside Beauty (2008)
A Million Shades of Gray (2009)
aka A Million Shades of Grey
The Thing About Luck (2013)
Half a World Away (2014)
Checked (2018)
A Place to Belong (2019)
Saucy (2020)
Anthologies containing stories by Cynthia Kadohata
Short stories
Jack's Girl (1987) |
Awards
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Cynthia Kadohata recommends

The Elephant in the Room (2021)
Holly Goldberg Sloan
"A gorgeous and emotional novel. I loved every page."
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