Katie Yamasaki
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Katie Yamasaki

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Katie Yamasaki is an award-winning picture book author/illustrator and muralist. She has painted over 90 walls around the world, exploring local stories of identity and social justice. Her picture book work explores similar themes for young readers. Katie loves nothing more than having conversations with young readers about books, art, and community during her in-demand author visits around the country. Yamasaki’s books have received numerous awards and starred reviews and appeared on many “Best of __” lists, including Kirkus, School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Bank Street, Junior Library Guild, and the New York Public Library. Her book and mural work has been covered by and featured at The New York Times, Democracy Now!, NBC Asian America, The Detroit Free Press, Hour Detroit, Real Simple Magazine, New York1 , Time Out New York, Free Speech TV, Booklist, NHK Global Japanese Network and Le Monde (France). Yamasaki has presented her work at institutions across the country including The Brooklyn Museum, Northwestern University, Syracuse University, The Detroit Institute of Arts, The Seattle Public Library, Brooklyn Public Library, The Japanese American National Museum, the DC Public Library, and the New York Public Library. Yamasaki earned her BA from Earlham College and her MFA from the School of Visual Arts in NYC, where she served on the faculty for several years. Currently, she co-facilitates an expressive arts program at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, a maximum security women’s prison in Upstate New York. Yamasaki worked for 14 years as a Spanish and Art teacher in both the Detroit and NYC public schools, and was a teaching artist at the Center for Fiction in Brooklyn. She lives in Brooklyn with her family.
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