Junko Oyama

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  Miyuki Miyabe

  See also 宮部 みゆき (Japanese language profile) and 宮部美幸 (Chinese language profile).
  
  Miyuki Miyabe (宮部みゆき Miyabe Miyuki) is a popular contemporary Japanese author active in a number of genres including science fiction, mystery fiction, historical fiction, social commentary, and juvenile fiction.
  Miyabe started writing novels at the age of 23. She has been a prolific writer, publishing dozens of novels and winning many major literary prizes, including the Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize in 1993 for Kasha and the Naoki Prize in 1998 for Riyū [The Reason] (理由). A Japanese film adaptation of Riyû, directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi, was released in 2004.

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  Keigo Higashino

  Associated Names:
  * Keigo Higashino
  * 東野 圭吾 (Japanese)
  * 東野圭吾 (Traditional Chinese)
  * ฮิงาชิโนะ เคโงะ (Thai)
  
  
  Keigo Higashino (東野 圭吾) is one of the most popular and biggest selling fiction authors in Japan—as well known as James Patterson, Dean Koontz or Tom Clancy are in the USA.
  
  Born in Osaka, he started writing novels while still working as an engineer at Nippon Denso Co.　(presently DENSO). He won the Edogawa Rampo Prize, which is awarded annually to the finest mystery work, in 1985 for the novel Hōkago (After School) at age 27. Subsequently, he quit his job and started a career as a writer in Tokyo.
  
  In 1999, he won the Mystery Writers of Japan Inc award for the novel Himitsu (The Secret), which was translated into English by Kerim Yasar and pu

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  Edogawa Rampo

  Hirai Tarō (平井 太郎), better known by the pseudonym Rampo Edogawa ( 江戸川 乱歩), sometimes romanized as "Ranpo Edogawa", was a Japanese author and critic who played a major role in the development of Japanese mystery fiction.

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  Fredrik Backman

  Fredrik Backman is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove (soon to be a major motion picture starring Tom Hanks), My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry, Britt-Marie Was Here, Beartown, Us Against You, as well as two novellas, And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer and The Deal of a Lifetime. Things My Son Needs to Know About the World, his first work of non-fiction, will be released in the US in May 2019. His books are published in more than forty countries. He lives in Stockholm, Sweden, with his wife and two children. Connect with him on Twitter @BackmanLand or on Instagram @backmansk.

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  V.E. Schwab

  This author also writes under the name of Victoria Schwab.
  
  VICTORIA “V. E.” SCHWAB is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty books, including the acclaimed Shades universe, the Villains series, the City of Ghosts series, Gallant, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue and The Fragile Threads of Power. When not haunting Paris streets or trudging up English hillsides, she can usually be found in Edinburgh, Scotland, tucked in the corner of a coffee shop, dreaming up monsters.
  

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  Toshikazu Kawaguchi

  Toshikazu Kawaguchi (in Japanese: 川口 俊 和) was born in Osaka, Japan, in 1971. He formerly produced, directed and wrote for the theatrical group Sonic Snail. As a playwright, his works include COUPLE, Sunset Song, and Family Time. The novel Before the Coffee Gets Cold is adapted from a 1110 Productions play by Kawaguchi, which won the 10th Suginami Drama Festival grand prize.
  

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  Uketsu

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  * Uketsu
  * 雨穴
  * อุเก็ตสึ (Thai Profile)
  

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  Ene Sepp

  Ene Sepp is an Estonian writer who started her first book when she was just 14 years old. By now she has published 12 books which critics and readers have praised. Besides Estonia, she has lived in Germany, Austria, New Zealand, and USA. Right now she lives in Estonia with her family and continues to write as much as possible.
  
  Ene Sepp on Eesti kirjanik, kes alustas esimese raamatu kirjutamist vaid 14aastaselt. Praeguseks on tema sulest ilmunud 12 raamatut, mis on pälvinud kiidusõnu nii lugejatelt kui ka kriitikutelt. Lisaks Eestile on ta elanud ka Saksamaal, Austrias, Uus-Meremaal ja USAs. Hetkel elab ta koos perega Eestis ning jätkab kirjutamisega nii palju kui võimalik.

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