Uchida, Yoshiko

Yoshiko Uchida was born in Alameda, California in 1921. She was an educator, secretary, and author of acclaimed children's books that deal with the Japanese-American experience and are noted for their elaborate plots and fleshed-out characters. She taught schoolchildren when she and her family were interned in Utah during World War II and later she worked as a secretary in order to have time to do her writing after work. She died in 1992. Biographical Source: Something About the Author, vol. 53 and 72.

From the description of Yoshiko Uchida Papers 1960, 1967. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 437297921

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