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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.
 

Awards: Edgar (2022), Macavity (2022)  see all

Genres: Historical Mystery, Mystery, Cozy Mystery, General Fiction
 
Novels
   1001 Cranes (2008)
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Collections
   Shaken (2011) (with others)
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Anthologies edited
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Non fiction show
 
Books containing stories by Naomi Hirahara
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Killin' Time in San Diego (2023)
Bouchercon 2023 Anthology
(Bouchercon Anthology)
edited by
Holly West
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Black Cat Weekly #96 (2023)
(Black Cat Weekly, book 96)

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Awards
2024 Lefty Award for Best Historical Mystery Novel : Evergreen
2022 Mary Higgins Clark Award : Clark and Division
2022 Macavity Award for Best Historical Novel : Clark and Division
2022 Lefty Award for Best Historical Mystery Novel : Clark and Division
2007 Edgar Award for Best Paperback original : Snakeskin Shamisen

Award nominations
2024 Macavity Award for Best Historical Novel (nominee) : Evergreen
2022 Barry Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Clark and Division
2022 Anthony Award for Best Mystery Novel (nominee) : Clark and Division
2021 Agatha Award for Best Historical Novel (nominee) : Clark and Division
2019 Macavity Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Hiroshima Boy
2019 Edgar Award for Best Paperback original (nominee) : Hiroshima Boy
2019 Anthony Award for Best Paperback original (nominee) : Hiroshima Boy
2007 Anthony Award for Best Paperback original (nominee) : Snakeskin Shamisen
2005 Macavity Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : Summer of the Big Bachi


Naomi Hirahara recommends
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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."
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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."
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An Inconvenient Wife (2024)
Karen E Olson
"An entertaining modern take on Henry VIII's six wives. A complete page-turner!"

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