Keigo Higashino





Keigo Higashino

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born
February 04, 1958 in Osaka, Japan

gender
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About this author

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 · 1,837 ratings · 537 reviews · 58 distinct works
The Devotion of Suspect X
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3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 1,528 ratings — published 2005 — 21 editions
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Naoko
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3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 171 ratings — published 1998 — 6 editions
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白夜行
4.23 of 5 stars 4.23 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1999 — 3 editions
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Tegami
3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions
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Tantei Garireo
3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions
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La maison où je suis mort a...
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3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions
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流星の絆 (Ryûsei no Kizuna)
3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions
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Shinzanmono
4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2009
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Akai yubi
3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2006
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聖女の救済 (seijo no kyûsai)
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions
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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

“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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