He writes in the new traditionalist style. Yukito Ayatsuji, a pseudonym for author Naoyuki Uchida, is one of the founders of Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan. Here are some classic and contemporary authors of Japanese mysteries, both in the shin-honkaku and other styles. Contemporary voices are adding more psychological twists, creating a modern style that pays homage to classic mysteries. Since 1955, the Japanese Mystery Writers Associations awards the Edogawa Rampo Prize to that year’s best mystery, an award similar to the Mystery Writers of America’s Edgar Allan Poe Award. In Japan, traditional plot-driven puzzle mysteries are known as shin-honkaku, a genre that continues to be popular. Just as the works of Stieg Larsson and Jo Nesbø have popularized Scandinavian noir to fans in many countries, so too have Japanese mysteries begun to increase in popularity worldwide.
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