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Rintaro Norizuki

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Occupation
  
Writer

Role
  
Writer

Name
  
Rintaro Norizuki

Period
  
1988–present

Language
  
Japanese


Born
  
15 October 1964 (age 59) Matsue, Shimane, Japan (
1964-10-15
)

Genre
  
Whodunit, Locked room mystery, Detective fiction, Mystery fiction, thriller

Literary movement
  
The new traditionalist movement

Notable awards
  
Mystery Writers of Japan Award (2002) Honkaku Mystery Award (2005)

People also search for
  
Arisu Arisugawa, Kaoru Kitamura, Masayuki Shuno

Rintaro Norizuki (法月 綸太郎, Norizuki Rintarō, born 15 October 1964) is a Japanese mystery/crime writer. He is the President of Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan and one of the representative writers of the new traditionalist movement in Japanese mystery writing. His works are deeply influenced by Ellery Queen and Ross Macdonald.

Contents

Works in English translation

Short story
  • An Urban Legend Puzzle (original title: Toshi Densetsu Pazuru), trans. Beth Cary
  • Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, January 2004
  • Passport to Crime: Finest Mystery Stories from International Crime Writers, Running Press, 2007 ISBN 978-0-7867-1916-7
  • The Mammoth Book of Best International Crime, Robinson Publishing, 2009 ISBN 978-1845299576
  • The Lure of the Green Door (original title: Midori no Tobira wa Kiken), trans. Ho-Ling Wong
  • Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, November 2014

    • Awards

  • 2000 – The Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year (2000 Honkaku Mystery Best 10): Norizuki Rintarō no Shin Bōken (The New Adventures of Rintaro Norizuki)
  • 2002 – Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Short Story: An Urban Legend Puzzle
  • 2005 – Honkaku Mystery Award for Best Fiction: Namakubi ni Kiite miro (The Gorgon's Look )
  • 2005 – The Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year (2005 Kono Mystery ga Sugoi!): Namakubi ni Kiite miro (The Gorgon's Look)
  • 2005 – The Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year (2005 Honkaku Mystery Best 10): Namakubi ni Kiite miro (The Gorgon's Look)
  • 2013 – The Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year (2013 Honkaku Mystery Best 10): Kingu o Sagase (Find the King)

    • References

    Rintaro Norizuki Wikipedia
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