Hiroko Minagawa

is a Korean-born Japanese writer of mystery, fantasy, horror and historical fiction.

Works in English translation

Novels

• The Resurrection Fireplace (original title: Hirakasete Itadaki Kōei Desu), trans. Matt Treyvaud, Bento Books, 2019

Short stories

• "The Midsummer Emissary" (original title: Fuzuki no Shisha), trans. Ginny Tapley Takemori (Kaiki: Uncanny Tales from Japan, Volume 3: Tales of the Metropolis, Kurodahan Press, 2012)
• "Sunset" (original title: Yuhi ga Shizumu), trans. Karen Sandness (Speculative Japan 3: Silver Bullet and Other Tales of Japanese Science Fiction and Fantasy, Kurodahan Press, 2012)

Awards

• 1973 – Shosetsu Gendai New Writers Prize: (short story)
• 1985 – Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel: (mystery novel)
• 1986 – Naoki Prize: (historical novel)
• 1990 – Shibata Renzaburo Prize: (fantasy short story collection)
• 1998 – Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for Literature: (mystery novel)
• 2012 – Honkaku Mystery Award: The Resurrection Fireplace (mystery novel)
• 2013 – Japan Mystery Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement

Main works

Edward Turner series

Historical mystery series set in 18th-century London

• , 2011 (The Resurrection Fireplace)
• , 2013
• , 2021

Other mystery novels

• , 1975
• , 1978
• , 1979
• , 1982
• , 1982
• , 1984
• , 1984
• , 1984
• , 1985
• , 1986
• , 1986
• , 1986
• , 1987
• , 1988
• , 1988
• , 1989
• , 1997
• , 2007

Other

• , 2013 - The story of Grace O'Malley

Film adaptations

• Sharaku (1995; based on her 1994 historical novel, Sharaku)

See also

• Japanese detective fiction

References

External links

• The Resurrection Fireplace | Bento Books