Mizuki Tsujimura

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

Mizuki Tsujimura
Native name	辻村深月
Born	(1980-02-29) February 29, 1980 (age 45) Fuefuki, Yamanashi, Japan
Occupation	Novelist
Language	Japanese
Alma mater	Chiba University
Genre	Fiction, 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	Naoki Prize Mephisto Prize Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers

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

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

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)"^[5] and its novel^[6] version in 2018.

Awards

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][7]

Tsujimura won the 2018 Japan Booksellers' Award for her novel Lonely Castle in the Mirror.^[8]

Bibliography

Year	Title	Publisher	Ref.
2004	A School Frozen in Time	Kodansha	[9]
2005	Kodomo Tachi ha Yoru ni Asobu	Kodansha	[10]
	Koori no Kujira	Kodansha	[10]
2006	Boku no major-spoon	Kodansha	[10]
2007	Surouhaitsu no Kamisama	Kodansha	[10]
	Namae Sagasi no Houkago	Kodansha	[10]
2009	0, 8, 0, 7	Kodansha	[9]
2010	Shima ha Bokurato	Kodansha	[11]
2011	Order-made Satsujin Club	Shueisha	[9]
2012	Kagi no nai yume wo miru	Bungeishunjū	[9]
2014	Anime Supremacy!	Magazine House	[12]
2015	Asa ga Kuru	Bungeishunjū	[13]
2017	Lonely Castle in the Mirror	Poplar Publishing	[14]
2019	Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration	Shougakukan	[15]
2021	Yami-hara	Kadokawa	[16]
2022	Hajimete no ("Yūrei")	Suirinsha	[17]
	Arrogance and Virtue	Asahi Bunko	[18]
2023	Catching the Stars of This Summer	Kadokawa	[19]