Alice Arisugawa

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Pen name Alice Arisugawa Language Japanese		Occupation Writer Period 1989–present

Born April 26, 1959 (age 57) Osaka, Japan ( 1959-04-26 ) Genre Whodunit, closed circle mystery, mystery fiction, thriller, horror Literary movement The new traditionalist movement Notable awards Mystery Writers of Japan Award (2003), Honkaku Mystery Award (2008) Similar Yukito Ayatsuji, Rintaro Norizuki, Yutaka Maya, Soji Shimada, Natsuhiko Kyogoku

Masahide Uehara (上原正英, Uehara Masahide, born April 26, 1959), mainly known by his pseudonym Alice Arisugawa (有栖川有栖, Arisugawa Arisu), is a Japanese mystery writer. He is one of the representative writers of the new traditionalist movement in Japanese mystery writing and was the first president of the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan from 2000 to 2005.

Works in English translation

The Moai Island Puzzle (original title: Kotō Pazuru), trans. Ho-Ling Wong (Locked Room International, 2016)

Awards and nominations

1996 – Nominee for Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Short Story: "Chocho ga Habataku"

2003 – Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel: Mare Tetsudo no Nazo (The Malayan Railway Mystery)

2003 – Nominee for Honkaku Mystery Award for Best Fiction: Mare Tetsudo no Nazo (The Malayan Railway Mystery)

2004 – Nominee for Honkaku Mystery Award for Best Fiction: Suisu-dokei no Nazo (The Swiss Watch Mystery)

2007 – The Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year (2007 Honkaku Mystery Best 10): Ran'a no Shima

2008 – Honkaku Mystery Award for Best Fiction: Jookoku no Shiro (The Castle of the Queendom)

2008 – The Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year (2008 Honkaku Mystery Best 10): Jookoku no Shiro (The Castle of the Queendom)

References

Alice Arisugawa Wikipedia

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Works in English translation

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