is a Japanese writer of crime fiction, hardboiled, thriller, spy fiction and western fiction. He served as the 11th President of the Mystery Writers of Japan from 2001 to 2005. Outside of his literary works, he is also known for his interest in Flamenco music. He is a competent guitarist in his own right and has several guitars around his office.
Works in English translation Thriller Novel The Red Star of Cádiz (original title: Kadisu no Akai Hoshi), trans. Usha Jayaraman (Kurodahan Press, 2008)
Essay My Favourite Mystery, "The Hollow Needle" by Maurice Leblanc (Mystery Writers of Japan, Inc. )
Awards 1980 – All Yomimono Prize for New Mystery Writers: Ansatsusha Guranada ni Shisu (The Assassin is Dead in Granada) (Short story) 1986 – Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize: The Red Star of Cádiz 1987 – Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel: The Red Star of Cádiz 1987 – Naoki Prize: The Red Star of Cádiz 2013 – Japan Mystery Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement
Main works
Shrike the Killer series , 1986 , 1988 , 1992 , 1996 , 2002
Private detective Shinsaku Okasaka series Novels , 1989 , 1997 , 2000 , 2004 , 2013 Short story collections , 1987 , 1992 , 1998
Detective Vulture series , 2000 , 2002 , 2003 , 2006 , 2010
Iberian Peninsula series Espionage novels set in Iberian Peninsula during World War II. , 1999 , 2001 , 2003 , 2005 , 2008 , 2010
Standalone thriller novels , 1981 , 1984 , 1986 (The Red Star of Cádiz, Kurodahan Press, 2008) , 1988 , 1991 (Shadow of a Distant Land) , 1993 , 1998 , 1999
Western novels , 2002 , 2005
See also
Japanese detective fiction
References
External links Profile at J'Lit Books from Japan Synopsis of Shadow of a Distant Land (Shaei harukana kuni) at JLPP (Japanese Literature Publishing Project) Review of The Red Star of Cádiz at Crime Fiction Lover