Suzanne Kamata is the author A Girls’ Guide to the Islands, also published Gemma Open Door for Literacy, as well as of the award-winning young adult novel Gadget Girl: The Art of Being Invisible and it’s sequel Indigo Girl. Originally from Michigan, she now lives in Tokushima, Japan, with her family, and teaches EFL at Tokushima University. Suzanne holds an MFA from the University of British Columbia.