Blood Hina (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781938849190)

Naomi Hirahara is the Edgar-winning author of the Mas Arai mystery series, including Summer of the Big Bachi, Strawberry Yellow, Sayonara Slam, and Hiroshima Boy. She is also the author of the Leilani Santiago mysteries, the Ellie Rush mysteries (Penguin), and the co-author of Life After Manzanar (Heyday). Her Mas Arai books have earned such honors as Publishers Weekly's Best Book of the Year and one of the Chicago Tribune's Ten Best Mysteries and Thrillers. Naomi has also written many books about gardening and Japanese-American history and culture, and has contributed to several anthologies, including Los Angeles Noir and Santa Cruz Noir. The Stanford University alumna was born and raised in Altadena, California; she now resides in neighboring Pasadena. Learn more at naomihirahara.com.