Jirō Akagawa

Jirō Akagawa
Born February 29, 1948
Fukuoka, Japan
Occupation Novelist
Language Japanese
Period 1976–present
Genre Mystery fiction, whodunit, thriller, horror

Jirō Akagawa (赤川 次郎 Akagawa Jirō, born February 29, 1948) is a Japanese novelist born in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.

Biography

Best known for his humorous mysteries, Akagawa's first short story, "Ghost Train", was published in 1976 and went on to win the annually granted All Yomimono New Mystery Writers' Prize by Bungeishunjū, a Japanese literary publishing company. Other works of his, The Incident in the Bedroom Suburb (ホームタウンの事件簿 私語を禁ず Homu Taun no Jikenbo: Shigo o Kinzu) and Voice from Heaven (天からの声 Ten kara no Koe), were later made into anime, while Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (セーラー服と機関銃 Serafuku to Kikanju) was made into a popular live action movie. His most recognized works to date pertain to his Mike-neko (or Calico cat) Holmes series. He is extremely prolific; as of August 2006, he had written more than 480 novels in the course of his thirty year career, over 300 million individual published volumes.

Works in English translation

Mystery novel
Short story collection
Short story

Awards and nominations

Himatsubushi no Satsujin is available in French translation under the title Meurtres pour tuer le temps (ISBN 2877302423, ISBN 287730387X).

Main works

Calico Cat Holmes

Three Sisters Investigate

Hayakawa family series

Standalone novels

Film adaptations

Video game adaptations

Majotachi no Nemuri

Based on Akagawa's two thriller novels Majotachi no Tasogare and Majotachi no Nagai Nemuri.

Yasōkyoku
Others

See also

References