Tucson Festival of Books

Deadly Crimes in Different Times


Naomi Hirahara, Mariah Fredericks and Sujata Massey have come to the festival with novels that spin historic fiction into edge-of-your-seat mysteries. Whodunit? And when?


Panelists
Mariah Fredericks

Mariah Fredericks is the author of the Jane Prescott mystery series, set in 1910s New York, and has twice been nominated for the Mary Higgins Clark Award. She graduated from Vassar College with a degree in history and was the head copywriter for Book of the Month Club....

Naomi Hirahara

Naomi Hirahara is an Edgar Award winning author of multiple traditional mystery series and noir short stories. Her Mas Arai mysteries feature a Los Angeles gardener and Hiroshima survivor who solves crimes....

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Sujata Massey

Sujata Massey is the author of 14 novels, two novellas and numerous short stories that have been published in 18 countries. Her novels have won the Agatha, Lefty, Macavity and Mary Higgins Clark prizes and been finalists for the Edgar, Anthony, and Harper Lee literary awards....

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Books:
The Girl in the Green Dress
A Mystery Featuring Zelda Fitzgerald
Mariah Fredericks
Mystery / Thrillers
St. Martin's Publishing Group
September 2025
ISBN 9781250367518
336 pages
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Crown City
Naomi Hirahara
Mystery / Thrillers
Soho Press Inc
February 2026
ISBN 9781641296083
336 pages
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The Star from Calcutta
Sujata Massey
Mystery / Thrillers
Soho Press Inc
March 2026
ISBN 9781641295093
384 pages
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