作者简介

东野圭吾（ひがしの けいご），出生于日本大阪，大阪府立大学毕业。推理小说家、日本第一畅销书作家，被誉为“日本的文坛天王”。1985年以第31届江户川乱步奖得奖作《放学后》出道。1999年以《秘密》获得第52届日本推理作家协会奖，第120 届直木奖入围，并于1998年拍摄电影，由广末凉子主演。早期作品多为精巧细致的本格推理，之后作风逐渐超越传统推理小说的框架，其创作力旺盛的程度，让他跃居日本推理小说界的顶尖作家。

Keigo Higashino is a Japanese author chiefly known for his mystery novels. He served as the 13th President of Mystery Writers of Japan from 2009 to 2013. In 1999, he won the Mystery Writers of Japan Award for the novel Naoko, which was translated into English by Kerim Yasar and published by Vertical in 2004. In 2006, he won the 134th Naoki Prize for The Devotion of Suspect X. His novels had been nominated five times before winning the award. The novel also won the 6th Honkaku Mystery Grand Prize and was ranked as the number-one novel by Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2006 and 2006 Honkaku Mystery Best 10, annual mystery fiction guide books published in Japan.