Kanae Minato

Kanae Minato
Born1973 (age 50–51)
Innoshima, Hiroshima, Japan
OccupationWriter
LanguageJapanese
Period2007–present
GenreCrime fiction, thriller
Notable awardsJapanese Booksellers Award (2009)
Mystery Writers of Japan Award (2012)

Kanae Minato (湊かなえ, Minato Kanae, born 1973) is a Japanese writer of crime fiction and thrillers. She is a member of the Mystery Writers of Japan and the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan.[1][2] She is a 2015 recipient of the Alex Awards.

  1. ^ "Kanae Minato (List of members)" (in Japanese). Mystery Writers of Japan, Inc. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
  2. ^ "Members of the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan" (in Japanese). Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan. Retrieved August 13, 2015.