Mizuki Tsujimura

Mizuki Tsujimura
Native name
辻村深月
Born (1980-02-29) February 29, 1980 (age 44)
Fuefuki, Yamanashi, Japan
OccupationNovelist
LanguageJapanese
Alma materChiba University
GenreFiction, mystery fiction children's literature
Notable works
  • Kagi no nai yume wo miru (鍵のない夢を見る)
  • A School Frozen in Time (冷たい校舎の時は止まる, Tsumetai Kōsha no Toki wa Tomaru)
  • Tsunagi (ツナグ)
Notable awards

Mizuki Tsujimura (辻村深月, Tsujimura Mizuki, born February 29, 1980)[1] is a Japanese writer from Fuefuki, Yamanashi.[2]

Tsujimura specializes in mystery novels. She writes both for adults and children.[3]

She has been writing mystery novels from since she was a high school student, and she decided to go to Chiba University because there was a mystery research group in this university. She made her debut with her novel A School Frozen in Time in 2004.[4]

Tsujimura won the 2018 Japan Booksellers' Award for her novel Lonely Castle in the Mirror.[5] After being shortlisted several times for the Naoki Prize, she finally received the 2012 Naoki Prize for Kagi no nai Yume wo Miru (I Saw a Dream Without a Key)[1][6]

She professes herself to be a fan of Doraemon[4] and wrote the screenplay for the Doraemon movie  "Nobita no Getsumen Tansaki (Nobita's Lunar Exploration)"[7] and its novel[8] version in 2018.

  1. ^ a b "Mizuki Tsujimura". Books from Japan. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  2. ^ 市川, 由佳子 (April 24, 2018). "本屋大賞の辻村深月さん、同級生だった書店員の言葉に涙" (in Japanese). Retrieved June 18, 2018.
  3. ^ Doi, Yasuko (2017). "Chapter 40: The Moribito series and its relation to trends in Japanese children's literature". In Stephens, John (ed.). The Routledge Companion to International Children's Literature. Routledge. ISBN 9781317676065.
  4. ^ a b "作家の読書道 第130回：辻村深月さん｜作家の読書道｜WEB本の雑誌". WEB本の雑誌. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
  5. ^ "VOX POPULI: Empathy for tormented teens is Tsujimura's winning trait". Asahi Shimbun. 13 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  6. ^ "'2014 Taipei International Book Exhibition'". Ministry of Culture, Taiwan. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  7. ^ "『映画ドラえもん』新作に広瀬アリス、柳楽優弥ら参加！辻村深月が脚本を担当「"聖書の続き"を書くような想い」 « 映画ランドNEWS". 映画ランドNEWS (in Japanese). 2018-10-15. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
  8. ^ "小説 映画ドラえもん のび太の月面探査記 | 書籍". 小学館 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-12-07.