Sheila Hamanaka

Sheila Hamanaka is an American freelance children's author, and illustrator.
Life.
Hamanaka is a Sansei Japanese American, the daughter of actor Conrad Yama and Mary Takaoka of the Vaudeville group Taka Sisters. She has two older siblings; the writer and musician V. Vale, and musician/singer Lionelle Hamanaka. 
Hamanaka lives in Tappan, New York.