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Mariko Tamaki

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http://www.marikotamaki.com

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Comics & Graphic Novels, Humor

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Mariko Tamaki is a Toronto writer, playwright, activist and performer. She works and performs with fat activists Pretty Porky and Pissed Off and the theatre troupe TOA, whose recent play, A vs. B, was staged at the 2004 Rhubarb Festival at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre. Her well-received novel, Cover Me (McGilligan Books) was followed by a short fiction collection, True Lies: The Book of Bad Advice (Women's Press). Mariko's third book, FAKE ID, is due out in spring 2005.

Mariko Tamaki has performed her work across Canada and through the States, recently appearing at the Calgary Folkfest 2004, Vancouver Writer's Festival 2003, Spatial III, and the Perpetual Motion/Girls Bite Back Tour, which circled though Ottawa, Montreal, Brooklyn and Chicag...more

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Average rating: 3.71 · 3,971 ratings · 640 reviews · 7 distinct works · Similar authors

	Skim by Mariko Tamaki, Jillian Tamaki (Illustrator) 3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 3,127 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Emiko Superstar by Mariko Tamaki, Steve Rolston 3.51 of 5 stars 3.51 avg rating — 500 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	(You) Set Me on Fire 3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fake ID 4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2005	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	True Lies: The Book Of Bad Advice 3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 27 ratings	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cover Me 3.44 of 5 stars 3.44 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2000	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dear Teen Me: Authors Write Letters to Their Teen Selves by E. Kristin Anderson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Miranda Kenneally (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sarah Ockler (Goodreads Author) 4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 186 ratings — published 2012 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Mariko Tamaki

“Did you ever wish you had a book that would explain the full meaning of life's random happenings to you?”
― Mariko Tamaki, Emiko Superstar

tags: humor, life, random

10 people liked it

“I had a dream I put my hands inside my chest and held my heart to try to keep it still.”
― Mariko Tamaki, Skim

tags: beautiful-writing

8 people liked it

“This is the thing about school dances. They make like it's supposed to be this other-worldly thing, but really it's just the people you see every day dressed up, standing in the gym in the dark with Red Hot Chili Peppers playing.”
― Mariko Tamaki, Skim

tags: teenagers

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