Isaac Adamson
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Isaac Adamson, born in Fort Collins, Colorado
Fort Collins, Colorado
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 in 1971, is the American
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 author of a series of mystery
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 novel
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s set in Japan
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 and featuring journalist and amateur detective Billy Chaka. Adamson currently lives in Chicago, Illinois. He is married to Chee-Soo Kim.

After graduating from Rocky Mountain High School in Fort Collins, Adamson attended UCLA briefly before graduating from the University of Colorado at Boulder
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 with a degree in Film Studies.

All four of his Billy Chaka novels were published by HarperCollins
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. None of them are in print anymore.

Adamson's first novel, Tokyo Suckerpunch, is being made into a film by Sony Pictures Entertainment
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, starring Tobey Maguire
Tobey Maguire
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 in the role of Billy Chaka.

List of Books

  • Tokyo Suckerpunch: A Billy Chaka Adventure (2000)
  • Hokkaido Popsicle (2002)
  • Dreaming Pachinko (2003)
  • Kinki Lullaby (2004)

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