Dale Furutani

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Dale Furutani
Born (1946-12-01) December 1, 1946 (age 77)
Hilo, Hawaii
OccupationNovelist
NationalityAmerican
EducationCalifornia State University, Long Beach
University of California, Los Angeles (MBA)
GenreMystery
Website
dalefurutani.com

Dale Furutani (born December 1, 1946, in

Macavity Award and has been nominated for the Agatha Award.[1][2][3] His book, The Toyotomi Blades, was selected as the best mystery of 1997 by the Internet Critics Group. He has been called "the best known of Japanese American writers". [citation needed
]

Furutani's family came from

UCLA. In addition to his writing career, he has held positions as Parts Marketing Manager for Yamaha Motorcycles, Director of Information Systems for Nissan USA, and CIO of Edmunds.com. [citation needed
]

He has written mysteries set in modern Los Angeles and Tokyo as well as a mystery trilogy set in 1603 Japan. He has received a starred review from Publishers Weekly and have been on the Mystery Writers of America national bestseller list, the Los Angeles Times Bestseller List for all fiction, and numerous local mystery bestseller lists. He has been invited to speak at the U. S. Library of Congress several times as both a mystery writer and an Asian American writer. He has also been invited to speak at numerous writer's and mystery conventions. [citation needed]

Personal life

Furutani lives near Seattle, Washington, but spends considerable time in Japan. He has lived in Japan for up to three years at a time.[citation needed]

Books

References

  1. ^ "Anthony Award Nominees and Winners". Bouchercon World Mystery Convention. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved July 5, 2014.
  2. ^ "Macavity Awards". Mystery Readers International. Retrieved July 5, 2014.
  3. ^ "Agatha Awards". Malice Domestic. Archived from the original on April 12, 2010. Retrieved July 5, 2014.

External links

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