Sheila Hamanaka is an American freelance children's author and illustrator.
Hamanaka is a Sansei Japanese American,[1] 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.
[2] Hamanaka lives in Tappan, New York.
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