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Yoko Yoshizawa Children’s writer, translator, illustrator and printmaker Yoko Yoshizawa was born in Tokyo in 1955.

As an exchange student at the University of the Pacific in the U.S. she discovered children's titles which inspired her to study picture book writing and illustrating. After graduating from Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo with a BFA (majoring in English-American literature), Yoko began creating picture books while working as an interpreter/translator, and now has numerous volumes published.

From 1987 she began exploring intaglio, monotype and collagraph print mediums. Yoko has spent considerable time in Thailand working on a Thai Folktale illustrated by a Thai artist, and also a month in Tanzania working on a similar project.

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Yoko Yoshizawa

SCBWI TOKYO
The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators is the only international organization to offer a variety of services to people who write, illustrate, or share a vital interest in children’s literature.

The SCBWI acts as a network for the exchange of knowledge between writers, illustrators, editors, publishers, agents, librarians, educators, booksellers and others involved with literature for young people.

The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Tokyo branch offers members support, information, and education at a local level in mainland Japan.