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{{nihongo|'''Amy Yamada'''|山田 詠美|Yamada Eimi|}} born February 8, 1959, is a popular but controversial contemporary Japanese writer who is most famous for her stories that address issues of sexuality, racism, and [[interracial marriage]], topics not typically discussed openly in Japanese society.<ref name="Kelsky">{{cite conference|title=Flirting with the Foreign: Interracial sex in Japan's "International Age"|booktitle=Global Local: cultural production and the transnational imaginary|last=Kelsky|first=Karen|editors=Wilson, Rob|dateyear=1996|publisher=Duke University Press|location=North Carolina, United States|idisbn=ISBN 0822317125|pages=173–192}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Marling|first=William H.|year=2006|title=How "American" Is Globalization?|publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press|isbn=0-8018-8353-9|location=Maryland, United States|page=98}}</ref>
 
Born in Tokyo as {{nihongo|Futaba Yamada|山田 双葉|Yamada Futaba}}, Yamada's father's job required her family to move all over Japan. This transient lifestyle forced her to confront issues of separation and bullying, issues that many of her protagonists also deal with.
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