Sei Hatsuno
Sei Hatsuno is a Japanese writer of mystery and thriller. He is a member of the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan.
When he was at Hosei University, he was moved and influenced by honkaku mystery novels such as The Decagon House Murders, written by Yukito Ayatsuji, and Soji Shimada's works and he started writing.
He began his career as writer when he won the Yokomizo Seishi Mystery Prize, an annual Japanese literary prize for unpublished mystery novels, in 2002 for the novel Mizu no Tokei. One of the selection committee members of the year was Yukito Ayatsuji.
He is an avid fan of mystery novels of Seishi Yokomizo and Jeffrey Archer.Awards and nominations
Each book includes four short stories.
- Taishutsu Gēmu, 2008
- Hatsukoi Somurie, 2009
- Kūsō Orugan, 2010
- Sennen Jurietto, 2012
- Wakusei Karon, 2015
Standalone novels
- Mizu no Tokei, 2002
- Shikkoku no Ōji, 2004
- Nibun no Ichi no Kishi, 2008
- Towairaito Myūjiamu, 2009
- Watashi no Nōma Jīn, 2011
- Mukō-gawa no Yūen, 2012 aka. Kamara to Amara no Oka
