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Michael Pronko

Michael Pronko is a Tokyo-based author renowned for his Detective Hiroshi book series. The series' inaugural book, The Last Train, won the 2018 Shelf Unbound Best Independently Published Book award and the 2017 Book Excellence Awards for Best Mystery. Originally from Kansas City, Pronko has resided in Tokyo for over two decades. He earned a degree in philosophy from Brown University and later obtained his MA in Education after a period of travel. Currently, he teaches American Literature at Meiji Gakuin University in Tokyo.

Michael Pronko became a published novelist in 2009 with the novel Beauty and Chaos: Slices and Morsels of Tokyo Life. Below is a list of Michael Pronko's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Detective Hiroshi Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Last Train (2017) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Moving Blade (2018) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Tokyo Traffic (2020) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Tokyo Zangyo (2021) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Azabu Getaway (2022) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Shitamachi Scam (2023) Buy on Amazon.com Not available

Publication Order of A-maze-ing Tokyo Non-Fiction Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Beauty and Chaos: Slices and Morsels of Tokyo Life (2009) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Tokyo's Mystery Deepens (2014) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Motions and Moments: More Essays on Tokyo (2015) Buy on Amazon.com Not available

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
A Guide to Jazz in Japan (2025) Buy on Amazon.com Not available

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