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Holly Thompson, Writer.

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Holly Thompson has an M.A. in fiction writing from New York University and currently teaches creative writing at Yokohama City University. Her picture book The Wakame Gatherers (Shen’s Books) about a bicultural girl in Japan who goes seaweed gathering with her American and Japanese grandmothers was published in 2007. Her first novel Ash (Stone Bridge Press, 2001), set in Kagoshima and Kyoto, was been recommended in Education About Asia for high school and university classes studying Asia and intercultural issues. Her short stories have been published in various magazines, as well as the anthology The Broken Bridge—Fiction from Expatriates in Literary Japan. Raised in New England, Thompson lived in Japan in the early 80s and has made it her home since 1998. She is working on a second novel and more children’s books and stories.

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The Wakame Gatherers
Author - Holly Thompson
Illustrator - Kazumi Wilds
Publisher: Shen's Books Dec 2007
ISBN-10: 1885008333 #
ISBN-13: 978-1885008336

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Ash
Author - Holly Thompson
Publisher: Stone Bridge Press 2001
ISBN: 1880656655

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