Rintaro Norizuki
Rintaro Norizuki is a Japanese writer of mystery and crime. He is the President of Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan and one of the representative writers of the new traditionalist movement in Japanese mystery writing. His works have been influenced by Ellery Queen and Ross Macdonald.
Works in English translation
;Short storyAn Urban Legend Puzzle, trans. Beth Cary- *Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, January 2004
- *Passport to Crime: Finest Mystery Stories from International Crime Writers, Running Press, 2007
- *The Mammoth Book of Best International Crime, Robinson Publishing, 2009 The Lure of the Green Door, trans. Ho-Ling Wong
- *Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, November 2014
- *The Realm of the Impossible, Locked Room International, 2017,
Awards
- 2000 – The Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year : Norizuki Rintarō no Shin Bōken
- 2002 – Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Short Story: An Urban Legend Puzzle
- 2005 – Honkaku Mystery Award for Best Fiction: Namakubi ni Kiite miro
- 2005 – The Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year : Namakubi ni Kiite miro
- 2005 – The Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year : Namakubi ni Kiite miro
- 2013 – The Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year : ''Kingu o Sagase''
Detective Rintaro Norizuki series
- Novels
- * Yuki Misshitsu, 1989
- * Tasogare, 1989
- * Yoriko no tame ni, 1990
- * Ichi no Higeki, 1991
- * Futatabi Akai Akumu, 1992
- * Ni no Higeki, 1994
- * Namakubi ni Kiite miro, 2004
- * Kingu o Sagase, 2011
- Short story collections
- * Norizuki Rintarō no Bōken, 1992
- * Norizuki Rintarō no Shin Bōken, 1999
- * Norizuki Rintarō no Kōseki, 2002
- ** Ikōru Wai no Higeki
- ** Chūgoku Katatsumuri no Nazo
- ** Toshi Densetsu Pazuru
- ** Ē Bī Shī Dī Hōimō
- ** Ishin Denshin
- * Hanzai Horosukōpu 1: Roku-nin no Joō no Mondai, 2008
- * Hanzai Horosukōpu 2: San-nin no Megami no Mondai, 2012