Susan Spann is the award-winning, bestselling author of the Hiro Hattori Novels (Shinobi Mysteries) featuring master ninja Hiro Hattori and Portuguese Jesuit Father Mateo, as well as CLIMB (Prometheus Books, 2020), a nonfiction chronicle of her quest to overcome cancer, break free from fear, and climb 100 Japanese mountains in a single year. Susan's first novel, CLAWS OF THE CAT (Minotaur Books, 2013) was a Library Journal Mystery Debut of the Month and a finalist for the Silver Falchion Award for Best First Novel. Her seventh and most recent Hiro Hattori novel, GHOST OF THE BAMBOO ROAD (Seventh Street Books, November 2019) released to critical acclaim, and she is working on the eighth installment, currently titled FIRES OF EDO. When not writing, she travels across Japan, climbing mountains and sharing photographs of her adventures on her blog and social media. She also has a YouTube channel, where she shares videos about life, nature, and culture in Japan. Susan was the 2015 Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers' Writer of the Year and is a former president of the Northern California chapter of Mystery Writers of America. She is represented by Sandra Bond of Bond Literary Agency. Find Susan online at her website (http://www.susanspann.com), on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/SusanSpannBooks) and on Instagram (SusanSpann.author). Please stop by and say hello!
