Alice Arisugawa Explained
, mainly known by his pseudonym, is a Japanese mystery writer. He is one of the representative writers of the new traditionalist movement in Japanese mystery writing and was the first president of the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan from 2000 to 2005.[2] He has also served as part of the selection committee for various literary awards, most notably the Ayukawa Tetsuya Award from 1996 to 1999 and Edogawa Rampo Prize from 2014 to 2017.
Works in English translation
Awards and nominations
- 1996 – Nominee for 49th Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Short Story: "Chocho ga Habataku"[3]
- 2003 – 56th Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel: Mare Tetsudo no Nazo (The Malayan Railway Mystery)[4]
- 2003 – Nominee for 3rd Honkaku Mystery Award for Best Fiction: Mare Tetsudo no Nazo (The Malayan Railway Mystery)[5]
- 2004 – Nominee for 4th Honkaku Mystery Award for Best Fiction: Suisu-dokei no Nazo (The Swiss Watch Mystery)[6]
- 2007 – The Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year (2007 Honkaku Mystery Best 10): Ran'a no Shima
- 2008 – 8th Honkaku Mystery Award for Best Fiction: Jookoku no Shiro (The Castle of the Queendom)[7]
- 2008 – The Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year (2008 Honkaku Mystery Best 10): Jookoku no Shiro (The Castle of the Queendom)
- 2016 – 5th Osaka Honma Book Award: Maboroshi-zaka [8]
- 2018 – 3rd Yoshikawa Eiji Collection Award: Himura Hideo Series[9]
Bibliography
Student Alice series (Amateur Detective Egami series)
Novels
- , 1989 (The Moonlight Game: The Tragedy of Y 1988)
- , 1989 (The Moai Island Puzzle. Locked Room International. 2016)
- , 1992 (Double-Headed Devil)
- , 2007 (The Castle of the Queendom)
Short story collection
Writer Alice series (Criminology Professor Himura series)
Novels
- , 1992
- , 1993
- , 1995
- , 1995 (The Swedish House Mystery)
- , 1997
- , 2002 (The Malayan Railway Mystery)
- , 2006
- , 2015
- , 2017
- , 2018 (The Indian Club Mystery)
- , 2022
Short story collections
- , 1994 (The Russian Tea Mystery)
- , 1996 (The Brazilian Butterfly Mystery)
- , 1997 (The English Garden Mystery)
- , 1999 (The Persian Cat Mystery)
- , 2001
- , 2001
- , 2003 (The Swiss Watch Mystery)
- , 2003
- , 2005 (The Moroccan Crystal Mystery)
- , 2008
- , 2008
- , 2010
- , 2012
- , 2013
- , 2014
- , 2019 (The Canadian Coin Mystery)
Sora series (Sorashizu Jun series)
Hamaji Kenzaburou series
Standalone novels
- , 1990
- , 1996
- , 2000
- , 2002
- , 2003
Short story collections
- , 1996
- , 1998
- , 2001
- , 2008
- , 2009
- , 2013
- , 2019
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: （４）未来に大きな影響 作家・有栖川有栖さん（6１). Sankei Shimbun. 2020-10-16. 2024-06-13. ja.
- Web site: Wong. Ho-Ling. Ellery Queen is Alive and Well and Living in Japan. 28 May 2011 . Criminal Element. April 22, 2016.
- Web site: 1996 (49th) Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Short Story. Mystery Writers of Japan, Inc.. April 22, 2016. Japanese.
- Web site: 2003 (56th) Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel. Mystery Writers of Japan, Inc.. April 22, 2016. Japanese.
- Web site: 2003 (3rd) Honkaku Mystery Award. Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan. April 22, 2016. Japanese.
- Web site: 2004 (4th) Honkaku Mystery Award. Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan. April 22, 2016. Japanese.
- Web site: 2008 (8th) Honkaku Mystery Award. Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan. April 22, 2016. Japanese.
- Web site: 2016 (5th) Osaka Honma Book Award. OsakaBookOneProject. February 26, 2020. Japanese.
- Web site: 2018 (3rd) Yoshikawa Eiji Paperback Award. Kodansha Ltd. February 26, 2020. Japanese.
