Fiction Works
- Two Nails, One Love: a novel about the relationship between a Sansei son and his mother that evolves—and heals—as he learns devastating secrets about her traumatic childhood during World War II (Black Rose Writing, published in September 2021)
- “Finding the Right Keiko“: a short story about a Sansei man’s grief over the loss of his parents (The Baltimore Review, Winter, 2021).
- “The Poker Table“: a short story about a poker gang of Nisei men who fought in the 100th Battalion during World War II (Gordon Square Review, June 2023).
- “A Belated Reparation”: a short story about a Nisei woman’s fight for reparation for having been incarcerated in a U.S. concentration camp during World War II (Bamboo Ridge Journal, Fall 2023, issue no. 124).
- “The Maneki-Neko“: a short story about a gay Sansei man’s struggle to be accepted by his traditional Nisei mother (Bamboo Ridge Journal, Fall 2024, issue no. 126).
- “Loretta Sasaki”: a short story about the lifelong friendship between two Nisei women (Toronto Journal, upcoming June 2025).
Personal Essays
- “A Name Fraught with History” (Discover Nikkei, August 29, 2024).
- “A Profound Silence” (Discover Nikkei, June 13, 2024).
- “Unlocking Family Mysteries” (Discover Nikkei, November 22, 2023)
- “No More Euphemisms: My Mother was a Hostage” (Discover Nikkei, August 9, 2023).
- “Sansei Fear of Failure” (Discover Nikkei, July 17, 2023).
- “Life Lessons of Mottainai” (Discover Nikkei, April 21, 2023).
- “When We Enable Racism” (Discover Nikkei, March 17, 2023).
- “The Search for Truth: Piercing Three Layers of Deception” (Discover Nikkei, February 8, 2023).
- “Black Mermaids and Nikkei Superheroes” (Discover Nikkei, November 3, 2022).
- “Sansei Natsukashii” (Discover Nikkei, July 19, 2022).
- “Was It Racism?” (Discover Nikkei, February 22, 2022).
- “What Nobody Can Take Away” (Discover Nikkei, September 10, 2021).
- “Finding My Way Home” (Discover Nikkei, August 31, 2021).
Non-Fiction Works
Before turning to fiction, I spent my entire career writing/editing about science, technology, and business. Here are some of the articles and books that I’ve worked on:
- When to Trust Your Gut,” Harvard Business Review (February 2001): pages 59-65.
- “Mommy-Track Backlash,” Harvard Business Review (March 2001): pages 33-37.
- “A Greene Universe,” Scientific American (April 2000): pages 36-40.
- “Pinker and the Brain,” Scientific American (July 1999): pages 32-34.
- “Why Picasso Outearned van Gogh,” MIT Sloan Management Review (Fall 2008): pages 11-12.
- “What Can Managers Learn from College Basketball?” MIT Sloan Management Review (Spring 2009): pages 22-24.
- “What’s the Best Way to Pay Employees?” MIT Sloan Management Review (Winter 2007): pages 8-9.
- The Five Paths to Persuasion (Warner Books, 2004).
- Jumping the S-Curve (Harvard Business Review Press, 2011).