Masahide Uehara | |
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| Born | April 26, 1959 Osaka, Japan |
| Pen name | Arisu Arisugawa |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | Japanese |
| Period | 1989–present |
| Genre | Whodunit, closed circle mystery, mystery fiction, thriller, horror |
| Literary movement | The new traditionalist movement |
| Notable awards | Mystery Writers of Japan Award (2003) Honkaku Mystery Award (2008) |
Masahide Uehara (上原 正英, Uehara Masahide, born April 26, 1959), mainly known by his pseudonym Alice Arisugawa (有栖川有栖, Arisugawa Arisu), is a Japanese mystery writer. He is one of the representative writers of the new traditionalist movement in Japanese mystery writing and was the first president of the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan from 2000 to 2005.[1] He has also served as part of the selection committee for various literary awards, most notably the Ayukawa Tetsuya Award from 1996 to 1999 and Edogawa Rampo Prize from 2014 to 2017.
