John Kozo Okada was a Japanese American novelist known for his critically acclaimed novel No-No Boy.
Front cover of the University of Washington Press 1976 edition of No-No Boy with Bob Onodera's design
No-No Boy is a 1957 novel, and the only novel published by the Japanese American writer John Okada. It tells the story of a Japanese-American in the aftermath of the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Set in Seattle, Washington, in 1946, the novel is written in the voice of an omniscient narrator who frequently blends into the voice of the protagonist.
First edition
Front cover of the University of Washington Press 1976 edition of No-No Boy with Bob Onodera's design