The Sea of Japan: A Novel

* More than 3.6 million teachers are employed in US private and public schools, with thousands more employed in schools in countries across the world.

* Commercial and recreational saltwater fishing in the United States supported 1.83 million jobs in 2014.

* An estimated 2 million of US adults meet the criteria for pathological gambling in a given year. Another 4-6 million would be considered problem gamblers.

* Fifty years ago, most Americans had never heard of sushi; today, there are nearly 4,000 sushi restaurants across the United States today, grossing over $2 billion annually.

* In 2013, the author received a Nikkei (Japanese Wall Street Journal) Award for Contemporary Novel and sold 50,000 copies of a missing-child-thriller, Kamikakushi. The Sea of Japan is his second book written in English.

AUDIENCE:

* Women 25-45

* Recovering gambling addicts

* Readers who have lived and worked abroad

* Readers who make a living from fishing or know someone who does

* Readers with an interest in Japanese culture

* Sushi lovers

* Lovers of literary fiction with a romance component