‘I feel elated,’ says Irish author Clara Kumagai on her ‘dream’ Children’s Book of the Year win
Debut novel pays homage to writer’s Japanese heritage
Author Clara Kumagai following the KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards in Merrion Square Park, Dublin, where she took home the top prize for her debut novel ‘Catfish Rolling’. Photo: Julien Behal
The Irish winner of the Children’s Book of the Year award said she wanted to reflect her Japanese heritage when writing her young-adult novel Catfish Rolling.
Clara Kumagai (35), who was born in Vancouver to a Japanese father and Irish mother, moved with her family to Ireland when she was five, living in Westmeath and Cork before settling in Galway.
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