Northern California Publishers & Authors

Speaker: Kiyo Sato
Topic: The Story Behind the Book

Kiyo is a member of NCPA and has written a wonderful book.

The June meeting will elaborate on the story behind the book — the amazing events that shaped Kiyo’s life and make her the wonderful person she is.

Kiyo is a veteran of over 20 years of public speaking, primarily about the internment of Japanese-American citizens during WW2. But her story embraces much more, including her parents’ creation of a strawberry farm out of poor Sacramento soil in the 1920s, the development of her large family (mother, father, and eight brothers and sisters), the war, the postwar rebuilding from nothing, and my favorite part: beating the pants off developers who tried to steal the family farm in the 1970s.

Kiyo will use posters and a slide show as part of the presentation.

NCPA members Ken Umbach (Kiyo’s long-time champion and mentor) and Barry Schoenborn (publisher) will be able to share facts about bringing the book into production.

Kiyo Sato, www.dandelionthroughthecrack.com

Location:
Merrill Gardens
7418 Stock Ranch Road (near Greenback & Sylvan)
Citrus Heights, CA 95621
Map to meeting location