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DESCRIPTION:<strong><span style="color: #c21313\;">FREE for Members</strong
 >\n\nAll members are invited to this exclusive conversation and Q&amp\;A w
 ith award winning authors <strong>Naomi Hirahara</strong> and <strong>S
 arah Kuhn</strong>.\n\nNaomi Hirahara is an Edgar Award-winning author of 
 multiple traditional mystery series and noir short stories. Her Mas Arai m
 ysteries\, which have been published in Japanese\, Korean and French\, fea
 ture a Los Angeles gardener and Hiroshima survivor who solves crimes. The 
 seventh and final Mas Arai mystery is <em>Hiroshima Boy</em>\, which was 
 nominated for an Edgar Award for best paperback original. Her first histor
 ical mystery is <em>Clark and Division</em>\, which follows a Japanese Am
 erican family’s move to Chicago in 1944 after being released from a Cali
 fornia wartime detention center. Her second Leilani Santiago Hawai‘i mys
 tery\, An Eternal Lei\, will be released in March 2022. A former journalis
 t with <em>The Rafu Shimpo</em> newspaper\, Naomi has also written numer
 ous non-fiction history books and curated exhibitions. She has also writte
 n a middle-grade novel\, <em>1001 Cranes</em>.\n\nSarah Kuhn is the autho
 r of the popular <em>Heroine Complex</em> novels—a series starring Asi
 an American superheroines. The first book is a Locus bestseller\, an RT Re
 viewers’ Choice Award nominee\, and one of the Barnes &amp\; Noble Sci-F
 i &amp\; Fantasy Blog’s Best Books of 2016. Her YA debut\, the beloved J
 apan-set romantic comedy <em>I Love You So Moch</em>i\, is a Junior Libra
 ry Guild selection and a nominee for YALSA’s Best Fiction for Young Adul
 ts. She has also penned a variety of short fiction and comics\, including 
 the critically acclaimed graphic novel <em>Shadow of the Batgirl</em> fo
 r DC Comics and the Star Wars audiobook original Doctor Aphra. Her newest 
 novel\, <em>From Little Tokyo\, With Love</em>—a modern fairy tale with
  a half-Japanese heroine—was released in May 2021. Additionally\, she wa
 s a finalist for both the CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainme
 nt) New Writers Award and the Astounding Award for Best New Writer. A thir
 d generation Japanese American\, she lives in Los Angeles with her husband
  and an overflowing closet of vintage treasures.\n\n<em>An Eternal Lei</em
 > and <em>From Little Tokyo\, With Love</em> will be available in <a h
 ref="https://janmstore.com/">the JANM Store</a> starting March 22nd. Sign
 ed copies will be available.\n\nThis program is FREE for all members\, but
  RSVPs are required in advance at the link below\, by email to memberevent
 s@janm.org\, or phone at 213.830.5646. Space is limited so RSVP today!\n\n
 Not a current member? <a href="https://9644p.blackbaudhosting.com/9644p/G
 eneral-Memberships">Join or renew today</a>!\n\nJoin us for the book discu
 ssion after the meet-and-greet at<a href="https://www.janm.org/events/2022
 -03-26/author-discussion-writing-heroes-naomi-hirahara-sarah-kuhn"> 2:00 
 pm (PDT)</a>.\n\n<a href="http://9644p.blackbaudhosting.com/9644p/tickets?
 tab=2&amp\;txobjid=7376213b-fb59-4ae3-a9f0-6922391fc772">RVSP FOR IN PERSO
 N</a>     <a href="http://9644p.blackbaudhosting.com/9644p/tickets?tab
 =2&amp\;txobjid=993a1236-c401-496e-8acc-5475590c99d3">RSVP FOR VIRTUAL</a>
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SUMMARY:Members Only Meet-and-Greet: Naomi Hirahara &amp\; Sarah Kuhn
URL:/en/events/2022/03/26/members-only-meet-and-greet-naomi-hirahara-sara/
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