Awards

Shitamachi Scam (2023)

Winner Mystery Independent Press Award (2023)
Finalist SPR Book Awards (2023)
Gold Award Literary Titan (2023)
Editor’s Choice AudiobookBlog.com
First Runner-Up Eric Hoffer Book Award (2024)

Azabu Getaway (2022)

Brag Medallion Honoree Book Readers Appreciation Group (2023)
Winner Best Crime Thriller BestThrillers.com (2022)
Winner Mystery Independent Press Award (2023)
Finalist Clue Awards Thriller/Mystery (2022)
Gold Book Award Literary Titan (2022)
Bronze Medal Global Book Awards (2022)
Bronze Award Mystery/Thriller ReaderViews (2022)
Notable Indie Book of the Year Shelf Unbound Awards (2022)
Top Ten Indie Books of the Year The BookBag (2022)

Tokyo Zangyo (2021)

Winner Mystery of the Year BestThrillers.com (2021)
Gold Medal Reader’s Favorite Mystery (2022)
Gold Medallion Book Readers Appreciation Group (2021)
Gold Award Literary Titan Book Award (2021)
Silver Award Independent Publisher Awards IPPY (2022)
Silver Medal Global eBook Awards for Mystgery Fiction (2022)
Bronze Award Reader Views Literary Awards (2021-2022)
Top Ten Self-Published Books The BookBag (2021)
Finalist Next Generation Indie Awards (2022)
Shortlist The Selfies Adult Fiction (2022)
Genre Winner Page Turner Awards (2022)

Tokyo Traffic (2020)

Gold Award Literary Titan (2020)
Gold Medallion Book Readers Appreciation Group (B.R.A.G.) (2020)
Long-listed Shelf Unbound Best Indie Book (2020)
Reviewer’s Choice Feathered Quill Book Awards (2020)
Winner Thriller Independent Press Award (2021)
Winner Thriller National Indie Excellence Awards 2021
Silver Medal Reader’s Favorite Fiction Mystery Murder
Silver Winner Thriller and Suspense Foreword Indies 2020
Bronze Award Reader Views Reviewer’s Choice Awards 2020-2021 Mystery/Thriller
Finalist SPR Book Awards 2020
Finalist The Wishing Shelf Book Awards 2020
First Runner-Up Eric Hoffer Award 2021
Shortlist Rubery Book Awards for fiction 2021
Finalist Page Turner Awards (2022)

The Moving Blade (2018)

Named One of Kirkus Reviews Best Indie Mysteries and Thrillers (2018)
Grand Prize Winner Chanticleer International Book Awards Global Thrillers (2018)
Winner Independent Press Award for Crime Fiction (2019)
Gold Award Literary Titan Book Award (2018)
Five Star Honoree B.R.A.G. Medallion (2018) 
Gold Award Independent Publisher Awards for Mystery (2019)
Silver Medal Readers’ Favorite for Thriller (2019)
Finalist Best Book Awards (2018)
Finalist The Wishing Shelf Book Awards (2018)
Honorable Mention Reader Views Literary Awards (2018-9)
Finalist Next Generation Indie Book Awards for Mystery (2019)
Finalist Indie Excellence Awards for Mystery (13th Annual Contest) 

The Last Train (2017)

Winner Shelf Unbound Best Independently Published Book (2018)
Solo Medalist Winner New Apple E-Book Awards for Mystery (2017) 
Winner Beverly Hills Book Awards for Crime Fiction (2017)
Winner Best Mystery Book Excellence Awards for Mystery (2017)
Winner Independent Press Award for Mystery and for Thriller (2018)
Global Award Reader Views (2017-2018)
Gold Award Literary Titan Book Award (2017)
Silver Honoree IBPA Benjamin Franklin Digital Awards (2017)
Silver Award Feathered Quill Awards (2018)
Silver Award Independent Publisher Book Awards (2018)
Finalist Book Readers Appreciation Group (B.R.A.G.) for Thriller (2017)
Finalist Independent Author Network Book of the Year Awards for Thriller (2017)
Finalist 2018 International Book Awards
Finalist EPIC eBook Awards (2018)
Finalist SPR Review Awards (2017)
Finalist The Wishing Shelf Book Awards (2017)
Finalist Next Generation Indie Book Awards for Mystery (2018)
Semi-finalist Booklife Prize for Mystery (2017)
Shortlist Eric Hoffer Awards Mystery/Crime (2019)
Top Ten Self-Published Books 2017 The Bookbag 

Motions and Moments (2015)

Gold Award Readers’ Favorite for Non-Fiction Cultural (September 2016)
Gold Award Global E-Book Awards for Travel Writing (August 2016)
Gold Award Non-Fiction Author’s Association (2016)
Gold Honoree Benjamin Franklin Digital Awards Independent Book Publishers Association for E-Book (May 2016)
Winner Best Indie Book Award for Non-Fiction (November 2016)
Silver Medal 2016 Independent Publisher Book Awards for Best Adult Non-fiction Personal E-book (2016)
Indie Groundbreaking Book by Independent Publisher Book Review (April 2016)
Finalist National Indie Excellence Awards for Travel (2016)
Finalist Foreword’s Indiefab Book of the Year Awards for Travel (2016)
Finalist International Book Awards for Travel: Guides & Essays (May 2016)
Finalist Independent Author Network for Travel (2016)
Semi-Finalist Kindle Book Review Awards for Non-Fiction (2016)

Tokyo’s Mystery Deepens (2014)

Gold Award eLit Awards for Essays/Creative Non-Fiction (2015)
Silver Award eLit Awards for Travel Essay (2015)

Beauty and Chaos (2014)

Gold Award eLit Awards for Essays/Creative Non-Fiction (2015)
Silver Award eLit Awards for Travel Essay (2015)
Gold Award Non-Fiction Author’s Association (2015)
Gold Award First Place Reader’s Favorite for Cultural Non-Fiction (2015)
Best Nonfiction Books of 2015 Doing Dewey (2015)