Author. He is most noted for his bestseller "Farewell to Manzanar", which he co-wrote with his wife Jeanne. Born in San Francisco, he studied drama at San Jose State College where he met Jeanne Wakatsuki whom he would marry in 1957. After living in Europe for several years, he returned to California where he worked as a musician and later teacher at the University of California. In 1976, "Farewell to Manzanar" which depicted Jeanne's life as a child with her family while in a Japanese-American internment camp during World War II, was made into a television-movie adaptation and received an Emmy Award nomination. Among his other works are "Gig", "Snow Mountain Passage", "The Last Paradise", "Continental Drift", "Love Life" and "Between Battles". During his career, Houston received many honors which includes American Book Award for "The Last Paradise", from The Before Columbus Foundation in 1999, and Distinguished Achievement Award from the Western Literature Association in 1999. He died from cancer.
Author. He is most noted for his bestseller "Farewell to Manzanar", which he co-wrote with his wife Jeanne. Born in San Francisco, he studied drama at San Jose State College where he met Jeanne Wakatsuki whom he would marry in 1957. After living in Europe for several years, he returned to California where he worked as a musician and later teacher at the University of California. In 1976, "Farewell to Manzanar" which depicted Jeanne's life as a child with her family while in a Japanese-American internment camp during World War II, was made into a television-movie adaptation and received an Emmy Award nomination. Among his other works are "Gig", "Snow Mountain Passage", "The Last Paradise", "Continental Drift", "Love Life" and "Between Battles". During his career, Houston received many honors which includes American Book Award for "The Last Paradise", from The Before Columbus Foundation in 1999, and Distinguished Achievement Award from the Western Literature Association in 1999. He died from cancer.
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