is a Japanese writer from

Fuefuki 270px, Ichinomiya Asama Shrine is a city in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 69,463 in 29,406 households, and a population density of 340 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Fuefuki is ...

, Yamanashi. Tsujimura specializes in

mystery novels Detective fiction is a subgenre of crime fiction and mystery fiction in which an investigator or a detective—whether professional, amateur or retired—investigates a crime, often murder. The detective genre began around the same time as s ...

. She writes both for adults and children. She has been writing mystery novels from since she was a high school student, and she decided to go to

Chiba University is a national university in the city of Chiba, Japan. It offers Doctoral degrees in education as part of a coalition with Tokyo Gakugei University, Saitama University, and Yokohama National University. The university was formed in 1949 from e ...

because there was a mystery research group in this university. She made her debut with her novel A school Frozen in time in 2004. Tsujimura is the winner of the 2018 Japan Booksellers' Award for her novel ''

Lonely Castle in the Mirror is a Japanese novel written by Mizuki Tsujimura, and published by Poplar Publishing in May 2017. A manga adaptation illustrated by Tomo Taketomi was serialized in Shueisha's ''seinen'' magazine ''Ultra Jump'' from June 2019 to February 2 ...

''. After being shortlisted several times for the

Naoki Prize The Naoki Prize, officially , is a Japanese literary award presented biannually. It was created in 1935 by Kikuchi Kan, then editor of the ''Bungeishunjū'' magazine, and named in memory of novelist Naoki Sanjugo. Sponsored by the Society for t ...

, she finally received the 2012

for ''Kagi no nai Yume wo Miru'' (''I Saw a Dream Without a Key'') She professes herself to be a fan of

Doraemon ''Doraemon'' ( ja, ドラえもん ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fujiko F. Fujio. The manga was first serialized in December 1969, with its 1,345 individual chapters compiled into 45 ''tankōbon'' volumes and ...

and wrote the screenplay for the Doraemon movie "Nobita no Getsumen Tansaki (Nobita's Lunar Exploration)" and its novel version in 2018.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tsujimura, Mizuki 1980 births Living people Japanese women novelists Writers from Yamanashi Prefecture 21st-century Japanese women writers