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 published by Vertical under the title of Naoko in 2004. In 2006, he won the 134th Naoki Prize for Yōgisha X no Kenshin. His novels had been nominated five times before winning with this novel.
The Devotion of Suspect X was the second highest selling book in all of Japan— fiction or nonfiction—the year it was published, with over 800,000 copies sold. It won the prestigious Naoki Prize for Best Novel— the Japanese equivalent of the National Book Award and the Man Booker Prize. Made into a motion picture in Japan, The Devotion of Suspect X spent 4 weeks at the top of the box office and was the third highest‐grossing film of the year.
Higashino’s novels have more movie and TV series adaptations than Tom Clancy or Robert Ludlum, and as many as Michael Crichton.
"Vũ điệu cuồng phong" 1 điểm chạm trong trái tim mìnhhhh "Mẹ chỉ muốn con hiểu điều này. Kẻ cầu mong người khác gặp bất hạnh khi bản thân kém may mắn thì không có tư cách làm người. Ngược lại, phải mong người khác hạnh phúc thay phần mình. Nếu con làm được điều đó, niềm hạnh phúc dù là nhỏ bé chắc chắn sẽ đến với con. Khi ở đâu đó có một mảnh đời bất hạnh, điều mà những người khác cần nghĩ dến là cẩn thận để bản thân không rơi vào cảnh ngộ tương tự. Phải cố gắng hết sức để tạo ra hạnh phúc, và đem đến hạnh phúc cho những số phận hẩm hiu. Mẹ luôn tâm niệm như vậy. Và mong con cũng tin vào điều đó."
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