Ninja Meets Navajo Code TalkerThe YA collisions of Leza Lowitz and Shogo Oketani
IRREVERENT INTERVIEW
…with the inimitable Greg Havas, (old college friend) in which we talk about Jennifer Lawrence, Japanese toilets, Spandex and the Grateful Dead. Oh, and did I mention ninja? blog.paperbackswap.com
FIVE QUESTIONS FOR LEZA LOWITZ
Suzanne Kamata: What is your latest book, Jet Black and the Ninja Wind, about? Leza Lowitz: I love Japan. But I got tired of reading about girls in kimonos trailing behind boys. Where were the female warriors? They were hidden. They were ninja. After Memoirs of A Geisha came out, we decided that we wanted to tell a story about a strong Asian heroine, …
HONORING NATIONAL NAVAJO CODE TALKERS DAY!
Jet Black and the Ninja Wind features these American heroes! See the official Navajo Code Talker’s page here: www.navajocodetalkers.org