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Keigo Higashino


Born
in Osaka, Japan
February 04, 1958

Genre
Mystery, Thriller, Crime


Associated Names:
* Keigo Higashino
* 東野 圭吾 (Japanese)
* 東野圭吾 (Traditional Chinese)
* ฮิงาชิโนะ เคโงะ (Thai)


Keigo Higashino (東野 圭吾) 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 pu ...more

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The Devotion of Suspect X (...
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Malice (Detective Kaga, #1)
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Series by Keigo Higashino

探偵ガリレオ [Tantei Garireo] 予知夢 [Yochimu] The Devotion of Suspect X ガリレオの苦悩 [Garireo no Kunō] Salvation of a Saint A Midsummer's Equation กาลิเลโอ ไขคดีปริศนาลวงตา
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The Devotion of Suspect X Salvation of a Saint A Midsummer's Equation Silent Parade Invisible Helix
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畢業：雪月花殺人遊戲 眠りの森 [nemuri no mori] ใครฆ่าเธอ Malice ตายวันแต่ง โกหก “น่า” ตาย 赤い指 [Akai yubi]
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Malice Newcomer A Death in Tokyo The Final Curtain
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พิกัดต่อไปใครเป็นศพ ตอนลางร... Khách sạn mặt nạ: Đêm trước... マスカレード・ホテル [Masquerade Hotel] マスカレード・ゲーム マスカレード・ライフ
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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
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“It’s more difficult to create the problem than to solve it. All the person trying to solve the problem has to do is always respect the problem’s creator.”
― Keigo Higashino, The Devotion of Suspect X
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“Watching people is a bit of a hobby of mine. It's quite fascinating, really.”
― Keigo Higashino, The Devotion of Suspect X
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