Yusuke Kishi

Yusuke Kishi (貴志 祐介) is a Japanese author. He is a member of the Mystery Writers of Japan and the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan.

Biography
He graduated from Kyoto University with a degree in Economics. After working for a life insurance company for several years, Kishi started his writing career as a freelancer. He has twice won the Japan Horror Novel Award and has achieved a bestselling status in Japan with multiple works adapted to the screen. The Crimson Labyrinth marks his American debut.

Kei Enomoto series

 * Novel
 * The Glass Hammer (硝子のハンマー), 2004
 * Short story collections
 * The House of Will-o'-the-Wisp (狐火の家), 2008
 * The Locked Room Murders (鍵のかかった部屋), 2011

Standalone novels

 * Isola: Persona 13 (十三番目の人格 ISOLA), 1996
 * Black House (黒い家), 1997
 * Chirping of Angels (天使の囀り), 1998
 * The Crimson Labyrinth (クリムゾンの迷宮), released in 1999 in Japan, published in English in 2006 by Vertical
 * The Blue Flame (青の炎), 1999
 * From the New World (新世界より), 2008
 * Lesson of the Evil (悪の教典), 2010
 * Dark Zone (ダークゾーン), 2011
 * The Wasp (雀蜂), 2013
 * Sinner's Choice (罪人の選択), 2020
 * We Are All Alone (我々は、みな孤独である), 2020

Adaptations

 * Japanese films
 * Kuori le (1999)
 * Isola: Persona 13 (2000)
 * The Blue Light (2003)
 * Lesson of the Evil (2012) (Aku no Kyōten)


 * South Korean film
 * Black House (2007) (Kuroi Ie)

Hong Kong film
 * Anime
 * From the New World (2012)
 * From the New World (2012)


 * Legally Declared Dead 死因無可疑 (based on Black House) (2019)


 * Manga
 * Isola: Persona 13 (1999)
 * The Blue Flame (2003)
 * From the New World (2012-2014)
 * Lesson of the Evil (2012-2015)
 * The Crimson Labyrinth (2013-2014)
 * Chirping of Angels (2020)
 * Chirping of Angels (2020)

Awards

 * 1996 - 3th Japanese Horror Novel Award (ja): Isola
 * 1997 - 4th Japanese Horror Novel Award (ja): Kuroi Ie (Black House)
 * 2000 - 21st Yoshikawa Eiji Award Candidate (ja) and 13th Yamamoto Shugōrō Award Candidate (ja): Ao no Honō (The Blue Flame)
 * 2005 - 58th Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel: Garasu no Hammā (The Glass Hammer )
 * 2008 - Japan SF Award (ja) and 30th Yoshikawa Eiji Award Candidate (ja) : From the New World
 * 2010 - Yamada Futaro Award : Aku no Kyōten (Lesson of the Evil )
 * 2011 - The Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year (Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2011): Aku no Kyōten (Lesson of the Evil)