Keigo Higashino





Keigo Higashino

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born
in Osaka, Japan
February 04, 1958

gender
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Keigo Higashino is one of the most popular and biggest selling fiction authors in Japan—as well known as James Patterson, Dean Koontz or Tom Clancy are in the USA.

Born in Osaka, he started writing novels while still working as an engineer at Nippon Denso Co.(presently DENSO). He won the Edogawa Rampo Prize, which is awarded annually to the finest mystery work, in 1985 for the novel Hōkago (After School) at age 27. Subsequently, he quit his job and started a career as a writer in Tokyo.

In 1999, he won the Mystery Writers of Japan Inc award for the novel Himitsu (The Secret), which was translated into English by Kerim Yasar and published by Vertical under the title of Naoko in 2004. In 2006, he won the 134th Naoki Prize for Yōgisha X no Kensh...more


Average rating: 3.80 · 5,647 ratings · 1,185 reviews · 119 distinct works · Similar authors
The Devotion of Suspect X
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3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 3,777 ratings — published 2005 — 33 editions
Salvation of a Saint
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3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 607 ratings — published 2008 — 13 editions
Naoko
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3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 347 ratings — published 1998 — 7 editions
白夜行
4.39 of 5 stars 4.39 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 1999 — 4 editions
Tegami
4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions
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La maison où je suis mort a...
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3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions
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3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 37 ratings2 editions
幻夜
3.63 of 5 stars 3.63 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions
Shinzanmono
4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 24 ratings
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“Sometimes, all you had to do was exist in order to be someone's saviour.”
Keigo Higashino, The Devotion of Suspect X

“A veces, una persona puede salvar a otra por el hecho mero de existir.”
Keigo Higashino, The Devotion of Suspect X

“Trước kia, khi biết anh và Fumiya không chung dòng máu, anh chỉ nghĩ xem mình có thể làm Bố được không. Anh không hề nghĩ đến việc phải chọn cho người mình yêu con đường hạnh phúc. Anh yêu thằng bé thế cơ mà. Anh thật là ngốc. Anh ấy đã nói như thế và khóc trên điện thoại”
Keigo Higashino, Naoko

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