Hiroko Minagawa
Born	(1930-01-02) 2 January 1930 (age 94) Keijoo, Korea (present-day Seoul, South Korea)
Occupation	Writer
Language	Japanese
Period	1972–present
Genre	Mystery, fantasy, horror, historical fiction
Notable awards	Mystery Writers of Japan Award (1985) Naoki Prize (1986) Honkaku Mystery Award (2012)

Hiroko Minagawa (皆川博子, Minagawa Hiroko, born 2 January 1930) is a Korean-born Japanese writer of mystery, fantasy, horror and historical fiction.

Works in English translation

Novels

• The Resurrection Fireplace (original title: Hirakasete Itadaki Kōei Desu), trans. Matt Treyvaud, Bento Books, 2019^[1]

Short stories

• "The Midsummer Emissary" (original title: Fuzuki no Shisha), trans. Ginny Tapley Takemori (Kaiki: Uncanny Tales from Japan, Volume 3: Tales of the Metropolis, Kurodahan Press, 2012)^[2]
• "Sunset" (original title: Yuhi ga Shizumu), trans. Karen Sandness (Speculative Japan 3: Silver Bullet and Other Tales of Japanese Science Fiction and Fantasy, Kurodahan Press, 2012)^[3]

Awards

• 1973 – Shosetsu Gendai New Writers Prize: Arukadia no Natsu (アルカディアの夏) (short story)
• 1985 – Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel: Kabe Tabishibai Satsujin Jiken (壁 旅芝居殺人事件) (mystery novel)
• 1986 – Naoki Prize: Koi Kurenai (恋紅) (historical novel)
• 1990 – Shibata Renzaburo Prize: Baraki (薔薇忌) (fantasy short story collection)
• 1998 – Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for Literature: Shi no Izumi (死の泉) (mystery novel)
• 2012 – Honkaku Mystery Award:^[4] The Resurrection Fireplace (mystery novel)
• 2013 – Japan Mystery Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement

Main works

Edward Turner series

Historical mystery series set in 18th-century London

• Hirakasete Itadaki Koei desu (開かせていただき光栄です), 2011 (The Resurrection Fireplace)
• Armonica Diabolica (アルモニカ・ディアボリカ), 2013
• Interview with the Prisoner (インタヴュー・ウィズ・ザ・プリズナー), 2021

Other mystery novels

• Raidā wa Yami ni Kieta (ライダーは闇に消えた), 1975
• Hikari no Haikyo (光の廃墟), 1978
• Hana no Tabi Yoru no Tabi (花の旅夜の旅), 1979
• Niji no Higeki (虹の悲劇), 1982
• Kiri no Higeki (霧の悲劇), 1982
• Shiretoko Misaki Satsujin Jiken (知床岬殺人事件), 1984
• Sōma Nomaoi Satsujin Jiken (相馬野馬追い殺人事件), 1984
• Kabe Tabishibai Satsujin Jiken (壁 旅芝居殺人事件), 1984
• Hikaru Genji Satsujin Jiken (光源氏殺人事件), 1985
• Zeami Satsujin Jiken (世阿弥殺人事件), 1986
• Ayakashi-Gura Satsujin Jiken (妖かし蔵殺人事件), 1986
• Chūshingura Satsujin Jiken (忠臣蔵殺人事件), 1986
• Satsui no Karuizawa Fuyu (殺意の軽井沢・冬), 1987
• Yami Tsubaki (闇椿), 1988
• Seijo no Shima (聖女の島), 1988
• Kaoshi Rentarō to Itsutsu no Nazo (顔師・連太郎と五つの謎), 1989
• Shi no Izumi (死の泉), 1997
• Tōritsu Suru Tō no Satsujin (倒立する塔の殺人), 2007

Other

• Kaizokujouou (海賊女王), 2013 - The story of Grace O'Malley

Film adaptations

• Sharaku (1995; based on her 1994 historical novel, Sharaku)