Japanese-American screenwriter Iris Yamashita will speak about her book, “City Under One Roof,” at Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena on Tuesday, Jan.10, 7 p.m.
When a local teenager discovers a severed hand and foot washed up on the shore of the small town of Point Mettier, Alaska, Cara Kennedy is on the case. A detective from Anchorage, she has her own motives for investigating the possible murder in this isolated place, which can be accessed only by a tunnel. After a blizzard causes the tunnel to close indefinitely, Cara is stuck among the odd and suspicious residents of the town–all 205 of whom live in the same high-rise building and are as icy as the weather. Cara teams up with Point Mettier police officer Joe Barkowski, but before long the investigation is upended by fearsome gang members from a nearby native village. Haunted by her past, Cara soon discovers that everyone in this town has something to hide. Will she be able to unravel their secrets before she unravels?
“City Under One Roof” is published by Berkley Books.
Born in Missouri, raised in Hawaii and having lived in Guam, California, and Japan, Iris Yamashita was able to experience a diversity of culture while growing up. She studied engineering at U.C. San Diego and U.C. Berkeley and also spent a year at the University of Tokyo studying virtual reality. Her first love, however, has always been fiction writing, which she pursued as a hobby on the side.
Yamashita submitted her first screenplay to a competition where she was discovered by an agent at the Creative Artists Agency (CAA) who offered to represent her. She was hired by Clint Eastwood to write the Japanese side of the story of the Battle of Iwo Jima, once rumored to be titled “Lamps Before the Wind,” then called “Red Sun, Black Sand” before being released as “Letters from Iwo Jima.”
Attendance at the event is free of charge. By visiting Vroman’s in-person event, you voluntarily assume all risks related to exposure to COVID-19. Masks are encouraged for this event.
For more information, call (626) 449-5320 or visit www.vromansbookstore.com/event/iris-yamashita-discusses-city-under-one-roof.
