About

Known credits:
18
Birthday:
1973-01-01
Place of birth:
Innoshima, Hiroshima, Japan
Website:
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Kanae Minato

Overview

Minato Kanae is a Japanese writer of crime fiction and thrillers. She is a member of the Mystery Writers of Japan and the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan.

She started writing in her thirties. Her first novel Confessions became a bestseller and won the Japanese Booksellers Award.

In youth, she was an avid fan of mystery novels of Edogawa Ranpo, Maurice Leblanc, Agatha Christie, Keigo Higashino, Miyuki Miyabe, and Yukito Ayatsuji.

The English edition of Minato's Confessions, published in August 2014, was described by a critic as "the Gone Girl of Japan."

Wall Street Journal selected Confessions as one of the 10 best mysteries of 2014.

(Source: Wikipedia)

Known for

Writing
2022 Motherhood Writing Novel 59
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2017 Homecoming Writing Short Story N/A
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2017 Reverse Writing Novel 69
Fair
2016 Night's Tightrope Writing Novel 59
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2016 The Exchange Letter Writing Original Story N/A
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2016 Oufuku Shokan Writing Novel N/A
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2016 Bōkyō Writing Short Story N/A
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2016 3 Beautiful Lies Writing Novel N/A
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2014 Testimony of N Writing Novel 71
Good
2014 The Snow White Murder Case Writing Novel 59
Average
2013 Chain of Flowers Writing Original Story 59
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2013 Penance Writing Novel 60
Fair
2013 Midnight Ferris Wheel Writing Novel 70
Good
2012 A Chorus of Angels Writing Writer 59
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2012 High School Entrance Exam Writing Screenplay 68
Fair
2012 Penance Writing Novel 71
Good
2011 Circumstances Writing Original Story N/A
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2010 Confessions Writing Novel 69
Fair