Hiroko Minagawa

Hiroko Minagawa (皆川博子) 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: Arukadia no Natsu (アルカディアの夏) (short story)
 * 1985 – Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel: Kabe Tabishibai Satsujin Jiken (壁 旅芝居殺人事件) (mystery novel)
 * 1986 – Naoki Prize: Koi Kurenai (恋紅) (historical novel)
 * 1990 – Shibata Renzaburo Prize: Baraki (薔薇忌) (fantasy short story collection)
 * 1998 – Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for Literature: Shi no Izumi (死の泉) (mystery novel)
 * 2012 – Honkaku Mystery Award: The Resurrection Fireplace (mystery novel)
 * 2013 – Japan Mystery Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement

Edward Turner series
Historical mystery series set in 18th-century London
 * Hirakasete Itadaki Koei desu (開かせていただき光栄です), 2011 (The Resurrection Fireplace)
 * Armonica Diabolica (アルモニカ・ディアボリカ), 2013
 * Interview with the Prisoner (インタヴュー・ウィズ・ザ・プリズナー), 2021

Other mystery novels

 * Raidā wa Yami ni Kieta (ライダーは闇に消えた), 1975
 * Hikari no Haikyo (光の廃墟), 1978
 * Hana no Tabi Yoru no Tabi (花の旅夜の旅), 1979
 * Niji no Higeki (虹の悲劇), 1982
 * Kiri no Higeki (霧の悲劇), 1982
 * Shiretoko Misaki Satsujin Jiken (知床岬殺人事件), 1984
 * Sōma Nomaoi Satsujin Jiken (相馬野馬追い殺人事件), 1984
 * Kabe Tabishibai Satsujin Jiken (壁 旅芝居殺人事件), 1984
 * Hikaru Genji Satsujin Jiken (光源氏殺人事件), 1985
 * Zeami Satsujin Jiken (世阿弥殺人事件), 1986
 * Ayakashi-Gura Satsujin Jiken (妖かし蔵殺人事件), 1986
 * Chūshingura Satsujin Jiken (忠臣蔵殺人事件), 1986
 * Satsui no Karuizawa Fuyu (殺意の軽井沢・冬), 1987
 * Yami Tsubaki (闇椿), 1988
 * Seijo no Shima (聖女の島), 1988
 * Kaoshi Rentarō to Itsutsu no Nazo (顔師・連太郎と五つの謎), 1989
 * Shi no Izumi (死の泉), 1997
 * Tōritsu Suru Tō no Satsujin (倒立する塔の殺人), 2007

Other

 * Kaizokujouou (海賊女王), 2013 - The story of Grace O'Malley

Film adaptations

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