Alice Arisugawa

Masahide Uehara, known by his pen name Alice Arisugawa, is a Japanese mystery writer. He is one of the representative writers of the new traditionalist movement in Japanese mystery writing and was the first president of the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan from 2000 to 2005. He has also served as part of the selection committee for various literary awards, most notably the Ayukawa Tetsuya Award from 1996 to 1999 and Edogawa Rampo Prize from 2014 to 2017.

Recognition

1996 – Nominee for 49th Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Short Story: "Chocho ga Habataku"
2003 – 56th Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel: Mare Tetsudo no Nazo
2003 – Nominee for 3rd Honkaku Mystery Award for Best Fiction: Mare Tetsudo no Nazo
2004 – Nominee for 4th Honkaku Mystery Award for Best Fiction: Suisu-dokei no Nazo
2007 – The Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year : Ran'a no Shima
2008 – 8th Honkaku Mystery Award for Best Fiction: Jookoku no Shiro
2008 – The Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year : Jookoku no Shiro
2016 – 5th Osaka Honma Book Award: Maboroshi-zaka
2018 – 3rd Yoshikawa Eiji Collection Award: ''Himura Hideo Series''

Student Alice series (Amateur Detective Egami series)

NovelsGekko Gemu, 1989 Koto Pazuru, 1989 Soto no Akuma, 1992 Jookoku no Shiro, 2007
Short story collectionEgami Jiro no Dosatsu, 2012

Writer Alice series (Criminology Professor Himura series)

NovelsYonju Roku-banme no Misshitsu, 1992Dari no Mayu, 1993Umi no Aru Nara ni Shisu, 1995Suweden Yakata no Nazo, 1995 Shuiro no Kenkyu, 1997Mare Tetsudo no Nazo, 2002 Ran'a no Shima, 2006Kagi no Kakatta Otoko, 2015Kariudo no Akumu, 2017Indo Kurabu no Nazo, 2018 Sosasen Jo no Yubae, 2022
Short story collectionsRoshia Kocha no Nazo, 1994 Burajiru Cho no Nazo, 1996 Eikoku Teien no Nazo, 1997 Perusha Neko no Nazo, 1999 Kurai Yado, 2001Zekkyo Jo Satsujin Jiken, 2001Suisu-dokei no Nazo, 2003 Shiroi Usagi ga Nigeru, 2003Morokko Suisho no Nazo, 2005 Kisaki wa Fune o Shizumeru, 2008Himura Hideo ni Sasageru Hanzai, 2008Nagai Roka ga Aru Ie, 2010Kogen no Fudanitto, 2012Bodaijuso no Satsujin, 2013Ayashii Mise, 2014Kanada Kinka no Nazo, 2019

Sora series (Sorashizu Jun series)

Yami no Rappa, 2010Mayonaka no Tantei, 2011Ronri Bakudan, 2012

Hamaji Kenzaburou series

Hamaji Kenzaburou no Kushibi Naru Jikenbo, 2017Hamaji Kenzaburou no Kakure Taru Jikenbo, 2020

Standalone novels

Majikku Mira, 1990Genso Unga, 1996Yurei Deka, 2000Mahoro-shi no Satsujin Fuyu: Shinkiro ni Te o Furu, 2002Nijihate-mura no Himitsu, 2003

Short story collections

Yamabushi Jizobo no Horo, 1996Jurietto no Himei, 1998Sakka Shosetsu, 2001Kabenuke Otoko no Nazo, 2008Akai Tsuki, Haieki no Ue ni, 2009Maboroshi-zaka, 2013Koushite Dare mo Inakunatta, 2019

Works in English translation

The Moai Island Puzzle, trans. Ho-Ling Wong
Ghost Detective, trans. Cathy Hirano