Hiroko Minagawa

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 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) "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)

Awards 1973 – Shosetsu Gendai New Writers Prize: (short story) 1985 – Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel: (mystery novel) 1986 – Naoki Prize: (historical novel) 1990 – Shibata Renzaburo Prize: (fantasy short story collection) 1998 – Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for Literature: (mystery novel) 2012 – Honkaku Mystery Award: 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 , 2011 (The Resurrection Fireplace) , 2013 , 2021

Other mystery novels , 1975 , 1978 , 1979 , 1982 , 1982 , 1984 , 1984 , 1984 , 1985 , 1986 , 1986 , 1986 , 1987 , 1988 , 1988 , 1989 , 1997 , 2007

Other , 2013 - The story of Grace O'Malley

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