is a Japanese author. He is a member of the Mystery Writers of Japan and the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan.
Biography He graduated from Kyoto University with a degree in economics. After working for a life insurance company for several years, Kishi started his writing career as a freelancer. He has twice won the Japan Horror Novel Award and has achieved a bestselling status in Japan with multiple works adapted to the screen. The Crimson Labyrinth marks his American debut.
Bibliography Kei Enomoto series Novel , 2004 Short story collections , 2008 , 2011
Standalone novels , 1996 , 1997 , 1998 , released in 1999 in Japan, published in English in 2006 by Vertical , 1999 , 2008 , 2010 , 2011 , 2013 , 2020 , 2020
Adaptations Japanese films Kuori le (1999) Isola (2000) The Blue Light (2003) Lesson of the Evil (2012) (Aku no Kyōten)
South Korean film Black House (2007) (Kuroi Ie)
Anime From the New World (2012) Hong Kong film
Legally Declared Dead 死因無可疑 (based on Black House) (2019)
Manga Isola: Persona 13 (1999) The Blue Flame (2003) From the New World (2012–2014) Lesson of the Evil (2012–2015) The Crimson Labyrinth (2013–2014) Chirping of Angels (2020)
Awards 1996 - 3rd Japanese Horror Novel Award (ja): Isola 1997 - 4th Japanese Horror Novel Award (ja): Kuroi Ie (Black House) 2000 - 21st Yoshikawa Eiji Award Candidate (ja) and 13th Yamamoto Shugōrō Award Candidate (ja): Ao no Honō (The Blue Flame) 2005 - 58th Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel: Garasu no Hammā (The Glass Hammer J'Lit | Publications : The Glass Hammer | Books from Japan ) 2008 - Japan SF Award (ja) and 30th Yoshikawa Eiji Award Candidate (ja) : From the New World 2010 - Yamada Futaro Award : Aku no Kyōten (Lesson of the Evil J'Lit | Publications : Lesson of the Evil | Books from Japan ) 2011 - The Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year (Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2011): Aku no Kyōten (Lesson of the Evil)
References
External links Yusuke Kishi at J'Lit Books from Japan Profile at Vertical, Inc. Powell's Books Biography Google Books List of Works