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About Misa Sugiura

The Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature (APAAL) are a set of literary awards presented annually by the Asian Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA). The APALA was formed in 1980 "to create an organization that would address the needs of Asian/Pacific American librarians and those who serve Asian/Pacific American communities." The Association was the successor to the Asian American Librarians Caucus (AALC), a discussion group within the American Library Association (ALA) Office for Library Outreach Services that focused on providing library service to minority communities and on supporting minority librarians. The APALA incorporated in 1981 (in Illinois) and became part of the ALA in 1982.

The awards honor literary works about and created by Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pasifika (Pacific) experiences and cultures. Categories have included fiction and non-fiction for adults, picture/illustrated books, and children's/young-adult literature. Writers and artists do not need to be of Asian or Pacific Islander ancestry, but they must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents, the books must be about Asian/Pacific American heritage, and must have been written in English and published for general release within the States.

Misa Sugiura writes about Fiction, Children's fiction, Lesbians, Japanese americans, fiction, Japanese Americans, and California, fiction. Their best-known work is Momo Arashima Steals the Sword of the Wind.

On FindMyTBR we track 6 books by Misa Sugiura, 6 of them confirmed as audiobooks on Spotify or Apple Books — including It's Not Like It's a Secret, Love & Other Natural Disasters, and Momo Arashima Breaks the Mirror of the Sun (Unabridged). Full availability across Spotify, Apple Books, Audible, and Amazon is below.