is a Japanese

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. He is the President of

Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan is a Japan-based organization for mystery writers who write ''honkaku'' (i.e. authentic, orthodox) mystery. The organization was founded on 3 November 2000 by Yukito Ayatsuji, Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Hiroko Minagawa, Kaoru Kitamura, Tetsuya Ayukawa ...

and one of the representative writers of the new traditionalist movement in Japanese mystery writing. His works are deeply influenced by

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and Ross Macdonald.

Works in English translation

;Short story * ''An Urban Legend Puzzle'' (original title: Toshi Densetsu Pazuru), trans. Beth Cary **''

Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine ''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'' is a bi-monthly American digest size fiction magazine specializing in crime fiction, particularly detective fiction, and mystery fiction. Launched in fall 1941 by Mercury Press, ''EQMM'' is named after the fict ...

'', January 2004 **''Passport to Crime: Finest Mystery Stories from International Crime Writers'', Running Press, 2007 **''The Mammoth Book of Best International Crime'',

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, 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 The are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of Japan. They honor the best in crime fiction and critical/biographical work published in the previous year. MWJ Award for Best Novel winners (1948–1951, 1976–present) MWJ Award for Best ...

for Best Short Story: ''An Urban Legend Puzzle'' * 2005 –

Honkaku Mystery Award The are presented every year by the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan. They honor the best in honkaku (i.e. authentic, orthodox) mystery fiction and critical works published in the previous year. Honkaku Mystery Award for Best Fiction winners ...

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'', ''

'', January 2004) *** (ABCD encirclement) *** ** , 2008 ** , 2012

Standalone novels

* , 1988 * , 2006 – Juvenile mystery novel

Short story collections

* , 1996 * , 2008 * , 2013

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
{{DEFAULTSORT:Norizuki, Rintaro 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