Al Dawson

Searching for Noriko Al Dawson

SEARCHING FOR NORIKO is a multicultural story-with thriller elements and a romantic subplot-about a diverse cast of characters on different continents. An American GI, a veteran of Okinawa, worries about the stability of his marriage. He is haunted by memories of the woman he rescued-and wronged-in 1945. Japanese beauty is conflicted about a planned reunion with a former lover in New York. Collusion between underworld elements in Japan and North Korean agents threatens to spiral into an international crisis. These events dramatically intersect in Searching For Noriko.




Al Dawson is a retired lawyer living in West Palm Beach with his wife Jane and a feral cat named Wee Thomas. A south westerner by birth, he studied for the priesthood, was a collegiate gymnast, earned a JD at New York Law School, and practiced law with several firms and trade associations. Father of Sean, Neil, and Erin, he loves motorcycles, tennis, fine wine and traveling with Jane.