{"url_title":"Lilian Takahashi Hoffecker","title_sort":"hoffeckertakahashililian","links":{"json":"http://encyclopedia.densho.org/api/0.1/authors/Lilian%20Takahashi%20Hoffecker/?format=json","html":"http://encyclopedia.densho.org/authors/Lilian%20Takahashi%20Hoffecker/?format=json"},"modified":"2013-05-30T23:08:16","title":"Lilian Takahashi Hoffecker","body":"
\n \n Lilian Takahashi Hoffecker\n \n is\n \n Sansei\n \n born in Yokohama, Japan, and raised as an American. Her father is a Terminal Island\n \n Nisei\n \n and her mother a Yokohama native. Her grandfather was Torao Takahashi, the tuna fisherman who sought justice all way to the U.S. Supreme Court, for his right to earn a living in the commercial fishing industry. Lilian has a PhD from the University of Chicago and worked as a researcher and educator in anthropology before changing careers mid-life to become a medical librarian. Throughout the years she has been a writer and has published in popular magazines like\n \n American Heritage\n \n and\n \n Highlights for Children\n \n . Lilian and her family live in Colorado.\n
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