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  1. On a frigid February day, Anchorage Detective Cara Kennedy stands by the graves of her husband and son, watching as their caskets are raised from the earth. It feels sacrilegious, but she has no choice. Aaron and Dylan disappeared on a hike a year ago, their bones eventually found and buried. But shocking clues have emerged that foul play was ...

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      Iris Yamashita is an Academy Award nominated screenwriter...

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      Where to send an email to Iris – iris (at) irisyamashita.com...

    • City Under One Roof

      Iris Yamashita blasts into the world of crime fiction by...

  2. Iris Yamashita. Iris Yamashita is a Japanese-American screenwriter and novelist. She was born in Missouri and studied engineering at UC Berkeley and UC San Diego as well as virtual reality at University of Tokyo while pursuing fiction writing as a hobby. [1] She is most well known for being hired by Clint Eastwood to write the screenplay for ...

  3. edit data. Iris is the Academy Award-nominated screenwriter for the script "Letters From Iwo Jima" directed by Clint Eastwood. The film was nominated for 4 Oscars including “Best Picture” and “Best Original Screenplay.”. City Under One Roof is her debut mystery novel and the first in the Cara Kennedy series, set in a tiny Alaskan town ...

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  4. Jan 26, 2023 · Iris Yamashita is a debut suspense author who has hit upon possibly the best place in North America to set a suspense story: the real-life town of Whittier, Alaska, home to about 280 year-round ...

  5. Jan 10, 2023 · Iris Yamashita has always loved fiction writing, but it was a winding road to her first novel, City Under One Roof (Berkley/Penguin, January 2023). As she explained, “I have Asian parents and they really expected me to be a doctor or engineer or something. Writing was okay as a hobby, but not okay as my main focus.”

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