Susan Spann is the author of the Hiro Hattori Mystery novels and the 2015 Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers’ Writer of the Year. She currently lives in Tokyo, where she is working on the next Hiro Hattori novel and finishing the manuscript for her upcoming nonfiction debut, CLIMB: Leaving Safe & Finding Strength on 100 Summits in Japan (Prometheus Books, 2020). When not writing, she enjoys photography, mountain climbing, and traveling across Japan. You can find her online at www.susanspann.com, on Facebook(/SusanSpannAuthor) and on Instagram (@SusanSpann.Author).