Mariko Tamaki

Mariko Tamaki

Early life: added additional details on parents and heritage

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==Early life==
==Early life==
Mariko Tamaki was born in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]]. She is of [[Japanese people|Japanese]] and [[Jews|Jewish]] descent.{{cite news |last=Cole |first=Susan G. |date=30 June 2005 |title=Tamaki no fake |url=https://nowtoronto.com/art-and-books/tamaki-no-fake/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112084638/https://nowtoronto.com/books/story.cfm?content=148090 |archive-date=12 January 2014 |access-date=19 November 2024 |work=[[Now (newspaper)|NOW]] |quote=She’s half Jewish and half Japanese, which translates as "Asian" to ignorant people.}}
Mariko Tamaki was born in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], to a Jewish-Canadian mother and a Japanese Canadian father.{{cite news |last=Cole |first=Susan G. |date=30 June 2005 |title=Tamaki no fake |url=https://nowtoronto.com/art-and-books/tamaki-no-fake/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112084638/https://nowtoronto.com/books/story.cfm?content=148090 |archive-date=12 January 2014 |access-date=19 November 2024 |work=[[Now (newspaper)|NOW]] |quote=She’s half Jewish and half Japanese, which translates as "Asian" to ignorant people.}}{{Cite journal |last=Reyns-Chikuma |first=Chris |date=2021-08-06 |title=Beyond the Two Solitudes: Differences in Fluidity in Franco-Canadian BD and Anglo-Canadian Comics Through the Influence of Manga |url=https://doi.org/10.16995/cg.4041 |journal=The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship |volume=11}}


Mariko attended [[Havergal College]], an all girls' secondary school.{{cite web |last=Cole |first=Susan G. |date=11 January 2001 |title=Mariko Tamaki |url=https://nowtoronto.com/news/cover-story/mariko-tamaki |website=[[Now (newspaper)|NOW]] |quote='It was a high school revenge piece,' says Tamaki, 'a message to the students of Havergal (Tamaki’s alma mater) that the freaks were gonna be famous and the popular people were gonna be nowhere.'}} She studied [[English literature]] at [[McGill University]], graduating in 1994.{{cite web |last1=Mackay |first1=Brad |last2=Armstrong |first2=KC |date=17 June 2009 |title=As comics become a cultural force, McGill graduates are making their mark |url=http://publications.mcgill.ca/mcgillnews/author/joel-hartungmail-mcgill-ca/page/2/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107230501/http://publications.mcgill.ca/mcgillnews/author/joel-hartungmail-mcgill-ca/page/2/ |archive-date=7 January 2014 |work=McGill News |quote=It’s a safe bet that no one was more surprised by MARIKO TAMAKI’s sudden, overnight success in the comics realm than Tamaki, BA’94, herself.}}
Mariko attended [[Havergal College]], an all girls' secondary school.{{cite web |last=Cole |first=Susan G. |date=11 January 2001 |title=Mariko Tamaki |url=https://nowtoronto.com/news/cover-story/mariko-tamaki |website=[[Now (newspaper)|NOW]] |quote='It was a high school revenge piece,' says Tamaki, 'a message to the students of Havergal (Tamaki’s alma mater) that the freaks were gonna be famous and the popular people were gonna be nowhere.'}} She studied [[English literature]] at [[McGill University]], graduating in 1994.{{cite web |last1=Mackay |first1=Brad |last2=Armstrong |first2=KC |date=17 June 2009 |title=As comics become a cultural force, McGill graduates are making their mark |url=http://publications.mcgill.ca/mcgillnews/author/joel-hartungmail-mcgill-ca/page/2/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107230501/http://publications.mcgill.ca/mcgillnews/author/joel-hartungmail-mcgill-ca/page/2/ |archive-date=7 January 2014 |work=McGill News |quote=It’s a safe bet that no one was more surprised by MARIKO TAMAKI’s sudden, overnight success in the comics realm than Tamaki, BA’94, herself.}}