Lois-Ann Yamanaka

b. September 7, 1961, Ho'olchua, Moloka'i, Hawaii

University of Hawai'i, Manoa, B. Ed., 1983; M. Ed., 1987

m. John Inferrera; has one son, John

Recipient: National Endowment for the Humanities grant, 1990 Pushcart Prize for Poetry, 1993 Carnegie Foundation Grant, 1994 National Endowment for the Arts grant, 1994 Pushcart Prize, 1994 Rona Jaffe Award for Women Writers, 1996 Lannan Literary Award, 1998 Asian American Literary Award, 1998.

Writings:

Saturday Night at the Pahala Theatre (verse novellas), Bamboo Ridge Press, 1993

Wild Meat and the Bully Burgers (novel), Farrar, Straus, 1996

Blu's Hanging (novel), Farrar, Straus, 1997

Heads by Harry (novel), Farrar, Straus, 1999

Name Me Nobody (novel for young adults), Hyperion, 1999

Father of the Four Passages (novel), Farrar, Straus, 2001

Lois-Ann Yamanaka

Lois-Ann Yamanaka debate

conversation with Lois-Ann Yamanaka

"Story of child abuse told in 'Silent Years'" film review in the Honolulu Advertiser

Lois-Ann Yamanaka's reaction to the film "Silent Years" as reported in the Honolulu Advertiser