Lensey Namioka (1929-)

Washington State Governor's Writers Award, 1976, for White Serpent Castle, 1996, for April and the Dragon Lady; runner-up, Edgar Allan Poe Award, 1982, and American Library Association (ALA) Best Book designation, 1993, both for Village of the Vampire Cat; ALA Best Book designation, 1990, for Island of the Ogres; Lensey Namioka Certificate of Merit, Parenting magazine, 1994, for The Coming of the Bear; Parents' Choice recognition, 1995, for Yang the Third and Her Impossible Family; Parents' Choice Gold Medal, 2000, for Yang the Eldest and His Odd Jobs; Washington State Governor's Writers Award, and ALA Best Book designation, both 2000, and California Young Reader Medal, 2004, all for Ties That Bind, Ties That Break.