Katsuhiko Takahashi

is a Japanese writer of mystery, horror, science fiction and historical fiction. He is a member of the Mystery Writers of Japan.

Works in English translation Crime Novel The Case of the Sharaku Murders (original title: Sharaku Satsujin Jiken), trans. Ian Macdonald (Thames River Press, 2013)

Short horror story Reunion (original title: Daisuki na Ane), trans. Andrew Cunningham (Kaiki: Uncanny Tales from Japan, Volume 2: Country Delights, Kurodahan Press, 2010)

Awards 1983 – Edogawa Rampo Prize: The Case of the Sharaku Murders 1986 – Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers: Sōmon-Dani (The Somon Valley) 1987 – Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel: Hokusai Satsujin Jiken (The Case of the Hokusai Murders) 1991 – Naoki Prize: Akai Kioku (The Scarlet Memories) 2000 – Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for Literature: Kaen (Flaming Rancor) 2011 – Japan Mystery Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement

Main works

Ukiyo-e murder trilogy , 1983 (The Case of the Sharaku Murders, Thames River Press, 2013) , 1986 (The Case of the Hokusai Murders) , 1989 (The Case of the Hiroshige Murders)

Detective Sotaro Toma series Novels , 1988 (The Case of the Utamaro Forgery Erasures) , 1988 , 1989 (Labyrinth of the Southern Court) , 1990 , 2002 (The Case of the Gogh Murders) Short story collection , 1990 (Hokusai's Sin)

Standalone novels , 1985 (London's Tower of Murder) , 1990 (Murder at the Puppet Museum) , 1985 (Sōmon Valley)

Memories series (horror novels) , 1991 , 1996 , 2000