Rintaro Norizuki Explained

Rintaro Norizuki
Birth Date:	1964 10, df=yes
Birth Place:	Matsue, Shimane, Japan
Occupation:	Writer
Language:	Japanese
Period:	1988–present
Genre:	Whodunit, Locked room mystery, Detective fiction, Mystery fiction, thriller
Movement:	The new traditionalist movement
Awards:	Mystery Writers of Japan Award (2002) Honkaku Mystery Award (2005)

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.

Works in English translation

An Urban Legend Puzzle (original title: Toshi Densetsu Pazuru), trans. Beth Cary
- Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, January 2004
- Passport to Crime: Finest Mystery Stories from International Crime Writers, Running Press, 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
- The Realm of the Impossible, Locked Room International, 2017,

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:^[1] Namakubi ni Kiite miro (The Gorgon's Look ^[2])
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)