Naomi Hirahara
@gasagasagirlNaomi Hirahara é autora da série de mistério Mas Arai, ganhadora do prêmio Edgar, que apresenta um jardineiro Kibei Nisei e sobrevivente da bomba atômica que resolve crimes, da série Oficial Ellie Rush e agora dos novos mistérios de Leilani Santiago. Ex-editora do The Rafu Shimpo , ela escreveu vários livros de não ficção sobre a experiência nipo-americana e vários seriados de 12 partes para o Discover Nikkei.
Atualizado em outubro de 2019
Stories from This Author
Chapter 2
12 de Outubro de 2007 • Naomi Hirahara
Chapter 1 >> Solicitor Phyllis Hamakawa looked out her Toronto city council office and felt her stomach churn. She could have blamed the dim sum she ate at a lunch reception in Old Chinatown, one of the three Chinatowns in Toronto proper. But she knew her unease had nothing to do with shrimp har gau and everything to do with Terrence Spicer’s resignation from his ward position this morning. Although they discussed council business in public, she hadn’t spoken to …
Chapter 1
14 de Setembro de 2007 • Naomi Hirahara
“There’s another one,” said Bob Shishido, almost in whisper. “No.” Greg went to the desk on the other side of the bungalow and looked over his father’s shoulder at the computer screen. It was a link to a Los Angeles Times story. Another death due to strawberries. This was the third case. All in Ontario, Canada. The Shishido Farm strawberries weren’t shipped to Canada. But that didn’t matter. Strawberries weren’t like packaged cookies or aspirin. People couldn’t tell the difference …
The Making of Mamo's Weeds: Mystery of an L.A. Gardener's Life
7 de Junho de 2007 • Naomi Hirahara
As I’ve stated before in interviews, it took me 15 years to get my first novel published. I rewrote it numerous times (maybe the first chapter 33 times!), eliminated major characters, revamped the plot, and changed the title about four times. The one thing that stayed the same was the lead character, Mas Arai, a Japanese American gardener and atomic bomb survivor. Only when the story transformed into a mystery did literary agents finally take notice. The title, Summer of …
