"Ghosts of the Arizona" is now on sale!

Ghosts of the Arizona, the fifth in my Psionic Corps mystery series, is now available at Purple Sword Publishing! 

Hawai'ian Psionic Officer Kenneth Nu'uani finds a body in scuba gear, floating near the USS Arizona in Oahu, Hawai'i.  It soon becomes known that the man didn't drown, so why was he desecrating a shrine dedicated to the people who died in the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941.  

Evidence indicates the man might have been murdered.  Kenny must use his paranormal powers to discover secrets that have been buried in the ruined battleship for decades and what was the diver after.

 

Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month: George Ariyoshi, first Asian-American to serve as governor

George Ariyoshi, born March 12, 1926 in Honolulu, Hawaii, is the first Asian American to serve as governor of a U.S. state.  He was elected as the third governor of Hawaii and is the longest serving governor for the state.

He began politics in 1954 when he was elected to the Hawaii Territorial House of Representatives.  In 1958 he was elected to the Hawaii Territorial Senate and then the next year, Hawaii State Senate.  

He was elected lieutenant governor in 1970 with Governor John Burns.  When Burns fell ill in October 1973, Ariyoshi stepped in as acting governor.  He was elected as governor in 1974 and served until 1986.  Term limits prevented him from running for another term. 

Celebrating Asian America Pacific Islander Heritage Month: Anna May Wong, first Chinese American film star

Anna May Wong, born January 3, 1905 as Wong Liu Tsong in Los Angeles California, is the first Chinese American film star in Hollywood and the first Chinese American actress to gain international recognition.  She began acting early and her first role (uncredited) was Dinty in 1920.  She starred in The Toll of the Sea, a silent movie and one of the first to be filmed in color.  

In the late 1920s, she traveled to Europe, becoming frustrated by the stereotypical roles she reluctantly played. In 1935, she was refused for the leading role in the movie adaption of Pearl S. Buck's The Good Earth.  She was also refused the role of the Asian blackmailer in W. Somerset Maugham's The Letter, in both the Bette Davis version and the television role in 1956.

She is the first Asian American to appear on US Currency.

She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in February 1960. Wong passed away in February 1961 from a heart attack.