Yoshiko Uchida Birthplace: Alameda, CA USA Author Biography Yoshiko Uchida was born November 24, 1922 in Alameda, California. She died June 21, 1992. Uchida graduated from the University of California at Berkeley, although she was pulled out her senior year to be sent to an internment camp for Japanese Americans during World War II. She later received a Master's Degree in Education from Smith College. Uchida was a teacher and an executive secretary before she started writing books. The author was married and the mother of several children. Uchida is best known for her novels about the Japanese American experience. Updating Results ...No matching titles were found. Loading...