Keigo Higashino

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Occupation Author Role Author Name Keigo Higashino		Period 1985–present Nationality Japanese

Born February 4, 1958 (age 66) Osaka, Japan ( 1958-02-04 ) Genre Mystery fiction, crime fiction, thriller Education Osaka Prefecture University Movies The Wings of the Kirin, Midsummer's Equation, Broken Nominations Edgar Award for Best Novel Books The Devotion of Suspect X, Journey Under the Midnight, Naoko, Salvation of a Saint, A Midsummer's Equation Similar People Miyuki Miyabe, Kotaro Isaka, Kanae Minato, Jun Ikeido, Hiro Arikawa

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Keigo Higashino (東野圭吾, Higashino Keigo, born February 4, 1958) is a Japanese author chiefly known for his mystery novels. He served as the 13th President of Mystery Writers of Japan from 2009 to 2013. He won the 31st Edogawa Rampo Prize in 1985 by his novel After School.

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Biography

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He was born in Osaka. After graduation from Osaka Prefecture University with the Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering, he started writing novels while still working as an engineer at Nippon Denso Co. (presently DENSO) from 1981. He won the Edogawa Rampo Prize, which is awarded annually to the unpublished finest mystery work, in 1985 for the novel Hōkago (After School) at age 27. Subsequently, he quit his job and started a career as a writer in Tokyo.

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In 1999, he won the Mystery Writers of Japan Award for the novel Naoko, which was translated into English by Kerim Yasar and published by Vertical Inc. in 2004. In 2006, he won the 134th Naoki Prize for The Devotion of Suspect X (Yōgisha X no Kenshin). His novels had been nominated five times before winning the award. The novel also won the 6th Honkaku Mystery Award and was ranked as the number-one novel by Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2006 and 2006 Honkaku Mystery Best 10, annual mystery fiction guide books published in Japan.

The English translation of The Devotion of Suspect X was nominated for the 2012 Edgar Award for Best Novel and the 2012 Barry Award for Best First Novel.

He writes not only mystery novels but also essays and story books for children. The style of writing differs from his novels, but basically he does not use as many characters as in his novels.

Works in English translation

Detective Galileo series

The Devotion of Suspect X (original title: Yōgisha X no Kenshin), trans. Alexander O. Smith (Minotaur Books, 2011)

Salvation of a Saint (original title: Seijo no Kyūsai), trans. Alexander O. Smith (Minotaur Books, 2012)

A Midsummer's Equation (original title: Manatsu no Hōteishiki), trans. Alexander O. Smith (Minotaur Books, 2016)

Police Detective Kaga series

Malice (original title: Akui), trans. Alexander O. Smith (Minotaur Books, 2014)

Newcomer (original title: Shinzanmono), trans. Alexander O. Smith (Minotaur Books, 2018)

Other novels

Naoko (original title: Himitsu), trans. Kerim Yasar (Vertical, 2004)

Journey Under the Midnight Sun (original title: Byakuyakō), trans. Alexander O. Smith (Little, Brown, 2015)

The Name of the Game is Kidnapping (original title: Gēmu no Na wa Yūkai) (Vertical, 2017)

Awards and nominations

Japanese Awards

1985 - Edogawa Rampo Prize: Hōkago (After School)

1999 - Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel: Naoko

2006 - Honkaku Mystery Award for Best Fiction: The Devotion of Suspect X

2006 - Naoki Prize: The Devotion of Suspect X

2006 - The Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year (Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2006): The Devotion of Suspect X

2006 - The Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year (2006 Honkaku Mystery Best 10): The Devotion of Suspect X

2010 - The Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year (Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2010): Shinzanmono (The Newcomer)

2012 - 7th Chūōkōron Prize: Miracles of the Namiya General Store

2012 - Ranked as the No. 13 novel on the Top 100 Japanese Mystery Novels of All Time: The Devotion of Suspect X

2012 - Ranked as the No. 18 novel on the Top 100 Japanese Mystery Novels of All Time: Journey under the Midnight Sun

U.S. Awards

2012 - Nominee for Edgar Award for Best Novel: The Devotion of Suspect X

2012 - Nominee for Barry Award for Best First Novel: The Devotion of Suspect X

2012 - Chosen by the American Library Association as Best Mystery Novel for their 2012 reading list: The Devotion of Suspect X

2015 - Nominee for Audie Award for Mystery: Malice (Narrated by Jeff Woodman)

French Award

2010 - Prix Polar International: Mukashi Boku ga Shinda Ie (French title: La maison où je suis mort autrefois)

TV and film adaptations

Some of his novels have been made into TV drama series and films:

Japanese films

Naoko (Film, 1999, Original Title: Himitsu, 1998)

g@me. (Film, 2003, Original Title: Gēmu no Na wa Yūkai, 2002)

Lakeside Murder Case (Film, 2004, Original Title: Lakeside, 2002)

Henshin (Film, 2005)

Tegami (Film, 2006)

Suspect X (Film, 2008)

Samayou Yaiba (Film, 2009)

Into the White Night (Film, 2011)

Yoake no Machi de (Film, 2011)

The Wings of the Kirin (Film, 2012)

Platinum Data (Film, 2013)

Midsummer's Equation (Film, 2013)

Japanese TV dramas

Tokio chichi e no dengon (TV Drama, 2004 Aug-Sep, Original Title: Tokio, 2002)

Byakuyakō (TV Drama, 2006)

Galileo (TV Drama, 2007 and TV Drama SP, 2008, Original Title: Tantei Galileo, 1998, Yochimu, 2000, and Galileo no Kunō, 2008)

Ryūsei no Kizuna (TV Drama, 2008)

Meitantei no Okite (TV Drama, 2009)

Shinzanmono (TV Drama, 2010)

Higashino Keigo Mysteries (TV Drama, 2012, Original Title: Hannin no Inai Satsujin no Yoru, 1990, Ayashii Hitobito, 1994, and Ano Koro no Dareka, 2011)

Galileo II (TV Drama, 2013 and TV Drama SP, 2013, Original Title: Seijo no Kyūsai, 2008, Galileo no Kunō, 2008, Kyozō no Dōkeshi, 2012, and Kindan no Majutsu, 2012)

South Korean films

White Night (Film, 2009)

Perfect Number (Film, 2012)

Broken (Film, 2014)

French film

The Secret (Film, 2007, based on Himitsu; French title: Si J'etais Toi, meaning "If I Were You")

References

Keigo Higashino Wikipedia

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