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Naomi Hirahara
[1962-]
Mas Arai, Japanese-American Hiroshima survivor, gardener in Los Angeles, California, and sleuth:

Summer of the Big Bachi (2004)
Finalist 2005 Macavity Award for Best First Novel

Gasa-Gasa Girl (2005)

Snakeskin Shamisen (2006)
2007 Edgar Award for Best Paperback
Finalist 2007 Anthony Award for Best Paperback

Blood Hina (2010) [review]

Strawberry Yellow (2013)

Sayonara Slam (2016)

Hiroshima Boy (2018)
Finalist 2019 Anthony Award for Best Paperback
Finalist 2019 Edgar Award for Best Paperback
Finalist 2019 Macavity Award for Best Mystery

Ellie Rush, a Japanese-American rookie LAPD bicycle cop in Los Angeles, California:

Murder on Bamboo Lane (2014) [review]

Grave on Grand Avenue (2015)

Leilana Santiago, working at her family’s shave ice shop in Kauai, Hawaii:

Iced in Paradise (2019)

An Eternal Lei (2022)

Aki Ito, released in 1944 with her family from Manzanar Internment Camp, and working as a nurse's aide in Chicago, then moving back to Los Angeles after the war, in the Japantown mysteries:

Clark and Division (2021)
2022 Lefty Award for Best Historical Mystery
2022 Mary Higgins Clark Award
2022 Macavity Award for Best Historical Mystery
Finalist 2021 Agatha Award for Best Historical Novel
Finalist 2022 Anthony Award for Best Novel

Evergreen (2023) [review]
Finalist 2024 Lefty Award for Best Historical Mystery
Finalist 2024 Macavity Award for Best Historical Mystery


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