Cynthia Kadohata won the National Book Award for The Thing About Luck and the Newbery Medal for Kira-Kira. She’ s also the author of many more critically acclaimed novels, including Checked, A Million Shades of Gray, A Place to Belong, Weedflower, Cracker! , and Outside Beauty. In addition to rescuing Dobermans, she’ s also managed her son’ s hockey team. She lives in California. Visit her online at CynthiaKadohata. com.
