Biography
Minato Kanae 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.
She started writing in her thirties. Her first novel Confessions became a bestseller and won the Japanese Booksellers Award.
In youth, she was an avid fan of mystery novels of Edogawa Ranpo, Maurice Leblanc, Agatha Christie, Keigo Higashino, Miyuki Miyabe, and Yukito Ayatsuji.
The English edition of Minato's Confessions, published in August 2014, was described by a critic as "the Gone Girl of Japan."
Wall Street Journal selected Confessions as one of the 10 best mysteries of 2014.
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Filmography
all 18
Movies 12
Writer 6
TV Shows 6
Screenplay 1
Writer
Homecoming (2017)
Movie
Novel
Reverse (2017)
TV
Short Story
Bōkyō (2016)
Movie
Novel
Penance (2013)
Movie
Screenplay
High School Entrance Exam (2012)
TV
Novel
Penance (2012)
TV
Original Story
Circumstances (2011)
Movie
Information
Known ForWriting
GenderFemale
Birthday1973-01-01 (52 years old)
Birth PlaceHiroshima, Japan
CitizenshipsJapan
ResidencesSumoto, Japan
Also Known As湊 かなえ, みなと かなえ
AwardsYamamoto Shūgorō Prize
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