Mizuki Tsujimura
Mizuki Tsujimura (辻村深月, Tsujimura Mizuki) (born February 29, 1980) is a Japanese writer from Fuefuki, Yamanashi. Tsujimura specializes in mystery novels. She writes both for adults and children.
Mizuki Tsujimura
- Name
- Mizuki Tsujimura
- Born
- 29 February 1980
- Birthplace
- Fuefuki, Yamanashi, Japan
- Occupation
- Novelist
- Education
- Chiba University
- Awards
- * Naoki Prize
- Nationality
- Japan
- Fields
- literary activity · children's and young adult literature
- Honours
- Mephisto Prize
- Languages
- Japanese
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Mizuki Tsujimura (辻村深月, Tsujimura Mizuki) (born February 29, 1980) is a Japanese writer from Fuefuki, Yamanashi. Tsujimura specializes in mystery novels. She writes both for adults and children.
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Biography
Biography
She has been writing mystery novels since she was a high school student. She decided to go to Chiba University because there was a mystery research group in this university. She made her debut in 2004 with her novel A School Frozen in Time. She professes herself to be a fan of Doraemon and wrote the screenplay for the Doraemon movie, Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration and its novel version in 2018.
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• Name — Mizuki Tsujimura • Native Name — 辻村深月 • Born — 29 February 1980 • Birthplace — Fuefuki, Yamanashi, Japan • Occupation — Novelist • Language — Japanese • Genre — Fiction, mystery fiction children's literature • Education — Chiba University • Notable Works — * Kagi no nai yume wo miru (鍵のない夢を見る) • A School Frozen in Time (冷たい校舎の時は止まる, Tsumetai Kōsha no Toki wa Tomaru) • Tsunagi (ツナグ) • Awards — * Naoki Prize • Mephisto Prize • Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers
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Awards
After being shortlisted several times for the Naoki Prize, she finally received the 2012 Naoki Prize for Kagi no nai Yume wo Miru (I Saw a Dream Without a Key) Tsujimura won the 2018 Japan Booksellers' Award for her novel Lonely Castle in the Mirror.
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