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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.
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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 He continued to write in the evenings and on weekends, submitting unpublished mystery novels for consideration for the annual Edogawa Ram...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
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.
Born in Osaka in 1958. He graduated from Osaka Prefectural University, where he majored in electrical engineering. He wrote novels while working as an engineer, and made his debut as a novelist in 1985 with After School, which won him the Edogawa Rampo Award.
He studied at Dartmouth College and holds an M.A. in Classical Japanese from Harvard University. He lives in Vermont. Books by this author. Keigo Higashino's website. This bio was last updated on 11/12/2018.
He attended Koji Elementary School, Higashi Ikuno Junior High School, and Hannan High School. During his high school years, he started reading mystery fiction, and even began writing it, a hobby which he would continue in his university years.
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He won the Edogawa Rampo Prize, which is awarded annually to the 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.
