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
Ross Macdonald was the main pseudonym used by the American-Canadian writer of crime fiction Kenneth Millar (; December 13, 1915 – July 11, 1983). He is best known for his series of hardboiled novels set in Southern California and featur ...
.
Works in English translation
;Short story
* ''An Urban Legend Puzzle'' (original title: Toshi Densetsu Pazuru), trans.
Beth Cary
Beth may refer to:
Letter and number
*Bet (letter)
Bet, Beth, Beh, or Vet is the second letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician Bēt , Hebrew Bēt , Aramaic Bēth , Syriac Bēṯ , and Arabic . Its sound value is the voiced bi ...
**''
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'', January 2004
**''Passport to Crime: Finest Mystery Stories from International Crime Writers'',
Running Press
Running Press is an American publishing company and member of the Perseus Books Group. The publisher's offices are located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with many of the corporate functions taking place in Perseus' New York City headquarters. I ...
, 2007
**''The Mammoth Book of Best International Crime'',
Robinson Publishing, 2009
* ''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
The Gorgon's Look , J'Lit Books from Japan
)
* 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)
Bibliography
Detective Rintaro Norizuki series
* Novels
** , 1989
** , 1989
** , 1990
** , 1991
** , 1992
** , 1994
** , 2004
** , 2011
* Short story collections
** , 1992
** , 1999
** , 2002
*** (The Tragedy of Equal Y)
*** (The Chinese Snail Mystery)
*** (''An Urban Legend Puzzle'', '' Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'', January 2004)
*** (ABCD encirclement)
***
** , 2008
** , 2012
Standalone novels
* , 1988
* , 2006 – Juvenile mystery novel
Short story collections
* , 1996
* , 2008
* , 2013
See also
* Golden Age of Detective Fiction#The "new traditionalist" movement in Japanese mystery writing
* Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan
References
External links
Profile
at J'Lit Books from Japan
Reviews of Norizuki's works
by Ho-Ling Wong
Ellery Queen is Alive and Well and Living in Japan , CriminalElement.com
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1964 births
20th-century Japanese novelists
21st-century Japanese novelists
Japanese male short story writers
Japanese mystery writers
Japanese crime fiction writers
Mystery Writers of Japan Award winners
Honkaku Mystery Award winners
Living people
People from Shimane Prefecture
20th-century Japanese short story writers
21st-century Japanese short story writers
Male novelists
20th-century Japanese male writers
21st-century male writers
Writers from Shimane Prefecture