Naomi Hirahara

United States

Profile Information:

Hometown:
Los Angeles
About Me:
Write mysteries, middle-grade novels, short stories, and nonfiction books; will perform when there's money or friends involved.
I Am A:
Reader, Writer, Publisher, Editor
Website:
http://www.naomihirahara.com
Books And Authors I Like:
Anything that takes some kind of risk.

Comment Wall:

  • Brett Battles

    Naomi!!! Great to see you here!

    Mar 18, 2007

  • Naomi Hirahara

    I'm pretty clueless about these social networks--never myspaced it, but this is interesting. I'll see you at the LAT Festival of Books, right? Will your book be out by then?

    Mar 18, 2007

  • Brett Battles

    I'll be there, but book will still be about two months away (june 26th!)

    Mar 18, 2007

  • Jeff Sherratt

    Hi Naomi, thanks for thinking of me. We were together on a mystery panel a while back with Denise Hamilton and others. You were awesome. Because of your books, I now know what Kibei means.

    Mar 25, 2007

  • Naomi Hirahara

    Thanks, Jeff. It was good to see you at the SINC Hollywood conference.

    Mar 25, 2007

  • Duane Swierczynski

    Hey, Naomi! You'll be at the LAT Festival, too? I look forward to saying hello.

    Mar 26, 2007

  • Naomi Hirahara

    I most definitely will be there. I won't be able to make the Mystery Bookstore shindig on Friday night, but hope all you out-of-towners as well as in-town folks will be there. The Southern Cal MWA chapter will be cosponsoring, and if I know Prez Les Klinger, there will be a nice spread and, of course, libations.

    I'll be moving from booth to booth all weekend, so we'll definitely run into each other, Duane!

    Mar 26, 2007

  • David J. Montgomery

    Enjoyed your story in L.A. NOIR. Good stuff!

    Apr 11, 2007

  • Naomi Hirahara

    Thanks, David! Darker stuff to come in other short stories and possibly a novel. Between these noir projects and my middle-grade book, I feel like I'm leading a double life.

    Apr 11, 2007

  • Meredith Anthony

    Naomi-- Thanks for reminding me of SWIMMING POOL. I loved it, too, and I have friends who are still arguing about it. It's probably the only film that actually tackles the work of a writer from the inside... Cool stuff.

    Apr 12, 2007

  • norby

    I have a huge crush on Shia LeBoeuf, so Disturbia will be on my list at some point. We watched Rocky Balboa not long ago-not a bad ending for the Rocky saga if you've seen those. The Grudge 2 is also good. We're into B horror so we've been having some cheese fests lately.

    For this weekend I've rented An Inconvenient Truth and Borat-I have a feeling the second one will be more for me than the hubby.

    Apr 14, 2007

  • norby

    The few scenes I've seen from Borat look great, and I love the fact that people signed releases then tried to claim they got tricked. I'm just curious I guess. Plus Ali G kind of cracks me up.

    Apr 14, 2007

  • Naomi Hirahara

    Thanks, Suzanne. I'll rent it after I survive Edgar Week and the L.A. Times Festival of Books!

    Apr 22, 2007

  • Simon Wood

    I blogged about my INS adventures privately but I won't be on Murderati...

    Jun 14, 2007

  • Simon Wood

    I left you a response to short-to-long question...

    Jun 28, 2007

  • Cara Black

    Hey Naomi nice to be your friend...I'm in La next week, you around?

    Jul 26, 2007

  • Cara Black

    Let's try for dinner, think I owe you!

    Jul 26, 2007