Ken+Mochizuki

 Red Book Unit 2  Be Water My Friend Ken Mochizuki  "Because I am of Asian descent (my grandparents were from Japan), I have often experienced prejudice or being stereotyped, and those subjects are often included in my books. And because of those experiences, I feel it is my responsibility to tell America, through my books, that people of Asian descent have been a part of America for a long time." Ken Mochizuki was born in Seattle, Washington. He attended the University of Washington and earned a bachelor's degree in communications. After graduating, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. In 1999, the United States Army hired him to give presentations on the history of Asian Americans in the United States Military. Currently, he lives in Seattle, Washington and is a full-time author, a free-lance writer and travels extensively to speak to students, teachers and librarians, about his work.

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