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Naomi Hirahara
Naomi Hirahara, born and raised in Southern California, is the Edgar Award-winning author of the Mas Arai mystery series, which features a Japanese American gardener and atomic-bomb survivor who solves crimes (SUMMER OF THE BIG BACHI, GASA-GASA GIRL, SNAKESKIN SHAMISEN, BLOOD HINA and STRAWBERRY YELLOW).
MURDER ON BAMBOO LANE, her new mystery series with a female twentysomething LAPD bicycle cop, was released with Berkley Prime Crime in spring 2014. Her next in the series, A GRAVE ON GRAND AVENUE, will be released in April 2015.
She also has penned a middle-grade novel, 1001 CRANES, which was chosen as an Honor Book for the Youth Literature of the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature in 2009.
A former editor of the largest Japanese American newspaper in the U.S., she also has released a number of nonfiction works. A number of her short stories have been included in various anthologies.
MURDER ON BAMBOO LANE, her new mystery series with a female twentysomething LAPD bicycle cop, was released with Berkley Prime Crime in spring 2014. Her next in the series, A GRAVE ON GRAND AVENUE, will be released in April 2015.
She also has penned a middle-grade novel, 1001 CRANES, which was chosen as an Honor Book for the Youth Literature of the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature in 2009.
A former editor of the largest Japanese American newspaper in the U.S., she also has released a number of nonfiction works. A number of her short stories have been included in various anthologies.
Awards: Lefty (2024), Edgar (2022), Macavity (2022) see all
Genres: Historical Mystery, Mystery, Cozy Mystery, General Fiction
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Series
Mas Arai
1. Summer of the Big Bachi (2004)
2. Gasa-Gasa Girl (2005)
3. Snakeskin Shamisen (2006)
4. Blood Hina (2010)
5. Strawberry Yellow (2013)
6. Sayonara Slam (2016)
7. Hiroshima Boy (2018)
1. Summer of the Big Bachi (2004)
2. Gasa-Gasa Girl (2005)
3. Snakeskin Shamisen (2006)
4. Blood Hina (2010)
5. Strawberry Yellow (2013)
6. Sayonara Slam (2016)
7. Hiroshima Boy (2018)
Nate Hollis (with Scott Adlerberg, Sarah M Chen, Phillip Drayer Duncan, Sara Paretsky and Gary Phillips)
2. Gary Phillips' Hollis For Hire (2018)
2. Gary Phillips' Hollis For Hire (2018)
Novels
Collections
Anthologies edited
Murder in La-La Land (2010) (with Juliet Blackwell and Eric Stone)
Crime Under the Sun (2023) (with Matt Coyle and Tammy Kaehler)
Crime Under the Sun (2023) (with Matt Coyle and Tammy Kaehler)
Non fiction show
Books containing stories by Naomi Hirahara
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Naomi Hirahara recommends
Ghosts of Waikiki (2024)
Jennifer K Morita
"I'm the ideal reader of Jennifer K. Morita's debut mystery! I can relate to the plight of her Asian American amateur sleuth, Maya Wong, who is pushed out of her profession because of the contraction of the newspaper industry. Her return to her hometown of Honolulu leads to a new gig as a ghostwriter for a Hawai'i-based titan - only to soon find herself in the center of a murder investigation. I laughed and clapped at the carefully chosen references to contemporary O'ahu touchstones of eateries and locations. Ghosts of Waikiki captures the vibrancy of the islands in a way rarely seen in genre fiction."
Not the Killing Kind (2024)
Maria Kelson
"Kelson exudes precision in crafting her debut thriller . . . While expertly describing a little known setting, Kelson opens up the story to have international ramifications, bridging local with the world."
An Inconvenient Wife (2024)
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Karen E Olson
"An entertaining modern take on Henry VIII's six wives. A complete page-turner!"
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