A small picture book author who lived with childhood cancer | NHK. While continuing treatment for childhood cancer, the girl talked about her dream, and on her 12th birthday, she wrote the picture book.
Three months later, she received a call from her mother. The bed during treatment was an “atelier” I am Onishiwaka, who made his debut as a picture book writer at the age of 12. Waka-san always sees the world from her hospital bed, and depicts things that she feels give her strength as colorful fairies.