18 Facts About Keigo Higashino

Keigo Higashino is a Japanese author chiefly known for his mystery novels.

Keigo Higashino served as the 13th President of Mystery Writers of Japan from 2009 to 2013.

Keigo Higashino was born in the Ikuno-ku ward of the city of Osaka in Osaka Prefecture.

Keigo Higashino attended Koji Elementary School, Higashi Ikuno Junior High School, and Hannan High School.

Keigo Higashino studied Electrical Engineering at Osaka Prefecture University, where he became captain of the archery club.

Keigo Higashino started writing while in high school and university, showing his manuscripts to friends.

Keigo Higashino continued to write in the evenings and on weekends, submitting unpublished mystery novels for consideration for the annual Edogawa Rampo Prize in 1983.

Keigo Higashino resigned from DENSO in 1986 to start a career in Tokyo as a full-time writer.

In 1998, Keigo Higashino published, which was adapted into a feature film and won the 52nd Mystery Writers of Japan Award for feature films in 1999.

Keigo Higashino was inspired to write the story by reading a book in which a young child possessed the memories of someone who died nearby.

In 2006, Keigo Higashino won the 134th Naoki Prize for The Devotion of Suspect X, an award for which he had been nominated five times previously.

Keigo Higashino received the Eiji Yoshikawa Literary Prize in 2014 for, the 10th book to feature Detective Kyoichiro Kaga.

Keigo Higashino thought that the book would be the end of the Kaga series, as he had done what he wanted to do with it.

Keigo Higashino is one of the most popular authors in Asia and, reportedly, the most popular novelist in China.

Keigo Higashino's popularity has drawn the attention of Asian academics, with papers and master's theses on his work published in China, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Taiwan, for example, and has stimulated United States scholars.

Keigo Higashino was elected president of the Mystery Writers of Japan in 2009, and served until 2013.

Keigo Higashino reportedly avoids publicity, as he prefers people not to recognize him on the street.

Keigo Higashino admitted in 2015 that his content and style had changed from his earlier writings, in which he treated motivation as the most important element.