The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino

He tried writing a short story featuring the implications of what would happen in such an instance, 'but the ideas didn’t fully materialize. Higashino was inspired to write the story by reading a book in which a young child possessed the memories of someone who died nearby. Secret was later translated into English by Kerim Yasar and published as Naoko in 2004, with a limited print run. In 1998 Higashino published Himitsu (秘密, Secret), which was converted into a feature film and won the 52nd Mystery Writers of Japan Award for feature films in 1999. He resigned from DENSO in 1986 to start a career in Tokyo as a full-time writer. In 1985, at the age of 27, he won the Rampo Prize for best unpublished mystery for Hōkago (放課後, After School), drawing on experiences of the archery club at his former university. In 1984 his submission, which drew on his wife's occupation, reached the final round. He continued to write in the evenings and on weekends, submitting unpublished mystery novels for consideration for the annual Edogawa Rampo Prize in 1983. (presently DENSO), and married a high school teacher. In 1981 he began working as an engineer at Nippon Denso Co. Higashino started writing while in high school and university, showing his manuscripts to friends. He graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering degree. Higashino studied Electrical Engineering at Osaka Prefecture University, where he became captain of the archery club. During his high school years he started reading mystery fiction. He attended Koji Elementary School, Higashi Ikuno Junior High School, and Hannan High School. Growing up in a working class area, Higashino's childhood was challenging because of the lower class to which his family belonged. The logographic letters that make up the family name were initially read as 'Tono', but Keigo's father changed the reading to 'Higashino'.

Higashino was born in the Ikuno-ku ward of the city of Osaka in Osaka Prefecture. Higashino has won major Japanese awards for his books, almost twenty of which have been turned into films and TV series. He served as the 13th President of Mystery Writers of Japan from 2009 to 2013. Keigo Higashino ( Japanese: 東野圭吾, Hepburn: Higashino Keigo, born February 4, 1958) is a Japanese author chiefly known for his mystery novels.

The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino