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Higashino was born in the Ikuno-ku ward of the city of Osaka in Osaka Prefecture. The logographic letters that make up the family name were initially read as "Tono", but Keigo's father changed the reading to "Higashino".
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- February 4, 1958
- The Devotion of Suspect X (Detective Galileo, #1)
- The Miracles of the Namiya General Store by Keigo Higashino, Sam Bett (Translator)
- Malice (Detective Kaga, #1) by Keigo Higashino, Alexander O. Smith (Translator)
- Salvation of a Saint (Detective Galileo, #2) by Keigo Higashino, Alexander O. Smith (Translator)
Dec 13, 2021 · Alexander O. Smith was born in the United States, got his degrees at Dartmouth University (B.A.) and Harvard University (Masters) and lives with his family in Japan. He’s worked widely in video game localization (several of the Final Fantasy games among many others) and as a translator, including works by Miyuke Miyabi and Keigo Higashino.
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Higashino was born in the Ikuno-ku ward of the city of Osaka in Osaka Prefecture. The logographicletters that make up the family name were initially read as "Tono", but Keigo's father changed the reading to "Higashino". Growing up in a working class area, Higashino's childhood was challenging because of the lower class to which his family belonged....
Higashino started writing while in high school and university, showing his manuscripts to friends. In 1981 he began working as an engineer at Nippon Denso Co. (presently DENSO), and married a high school teacher. He continued to write in the evenings and on weekends, submitting unpublished mystery novels for consideration for the annual Edogawa Ram...
Higashino admitted in 2015 that his content and style had changed from his earlier writings, in which he treated motivation as the most important element. In a 2011 interview he stated that he wants his "readers to be continually surprised by my ideas.” In addition to mystery novels, Higashino writes essays and story books for children. His style o...
Essay
1. My Favourite Mystery: Kuroi gashū (黒い画集, The Black Art Book) by Seichō Matsumoto (Mystery Writers of Japan, Inc.)
Awards
Japanese Mystery Fiction Guide Rankings 1. 2006 – The Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year (Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2006): The Devotion of Suspect X 2. 2010 – The Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year (Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2010): Shinzanmono(The Newcomer) 3. 2012 – Ranked as the No. 13 novel on the Top 100 Japanese Mystery Novels of All Time: The Devotion of Suspect X 4. 2012 – Ranked as the No. 18 novel on the Top 100 Japanese Mystery Novels of All Time: Journey under the Midnight Sun...
Some of his novels have been made into TV drama series and films: Japanese films 1. Naoko (1999, Original Title: Himitsu, 1998) 2. g@me. (2003, Original Title: Gēmu no Na wa Yūkai, 2002) 3. Lakeside Murder Case (2004, Original Title: Lakeside, 2002) 4. Henshin(2005) 5. Tegami(2006) 6. Suspect X(2008) 7. The Hovering Blade (2009, Original Title: Sam...
In Spanish: Keigo Higashino para niños 1. Japanese detective fiction 2. Mystery Writers of Japan 3. Edogawa Rampo Prize 4. Naoki Prize 5. Honkaku Mystery Award
Keigo Higashino is a bestselling author in Japan with over three dozen bestsellers, hundreds of millions of copies of his books sold worldwide, and nearly twenty films and television series based on his work. He won the Naoki Prize for his first novel featuring Detective Galileo.
He was born on February 4th, 1958 in Osaka, Japan. Higashino graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Osaka Prefecture University. Soon after his graduation, Higashino dedicated his part-time into writing while working as an electrical engineer at Nippon Denso Co.
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Born in Osaka and currently living in Tokyo, Keigo Hagashino is one of the most widely known and bestselling novelists in Japan. He is the winner of the Edogawa Rampo Prize (for best mystery), the Mystery Writers of Japan, Inc. Prize (for best mystery) among others.
