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Trivia about name: invented by father

"Lensey Namioka is the only person known to have the first name "Lensey." Her name has an especially unusual property for a Chinese person born in China: there are no Chinese characters to represent it. Lensey's father, Yuenren Chao, was cataloguing all of the phonemes used in Chinese. He noted that there were two syllables which were possible in the Chinese language, but which were used in no Chinese words. These syllables could be written in English as "len" and "sey." His third daughter was born soon after, and he named her "Lensey."" source: Goodreads

Awards: "Parent's Choice, Washington State Governor's Writer's Award (at least 3 times), ALA best list, and the Edgar Alan Poe Award for Village of the Vampire Cat." source: Paper Tigers

Children birth years in infobox (Aki '59, Michi '61), husband death year (2019)

Info about degrees and work as lecturer Angelicarraignment (talk) 19:41, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]