Keigo Higashino, Author of The Miracles of the Namiya General Store, Dies at 68
Higashino was one of Japan's most adapted mystery novelists, with a career spanning four decades and multiple works reaching global audiences through translations and film adaptations.
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Keigo Higashino, the award-winning mystery novelist behind The Devotion of Suspect X, The Miracles of the Namiya General Store, and The Camphorwood Custodian, died on July 23 due to colon cancer. He was 68. His family held a private funeral. Higashino debuted in 1985 and his works inspired numerous film, stage, and anime adaptations.
Keigo Higashino, the author of best-selling mystery novels including The Devotion of Suspect X and The Miracles of the Namiya General Store, died on July 23 from colon cancer at age 68. The Asahi Shimbun reported his death, and his family held a private funeral. Higashino was born in Osaka in 1958 and debuted in 1985 with Hōkago (After School), which won the Edogawa Rampo Prize. His other award-winning novels include Mugenbana (Dream Flower) and Inori no Maku ga Oriru Toki (The Final Curtain). He also wrote the Galileo detective series.
Several of Higashino's novels were adapted into live-action films and stage plays. The Miracles of the Namiya General Store was serialized in 2011 and published in volume form in 2012, with an English release from Yen Press in 2019. It inspired stage plays in 2013 and 2016, musical stage plays in 2017 and March 2025, and a 2017 live-action film. His 1998 novel Himitsu (Secret) was adapted into a 1999 film and a 2010 drama. His most recent anime adaptation, The Camphorwood Custodian, opened in Japan on January 30 and screened at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in June. Two more live-action film adaptations of his novels are scheduled for release in Japan: Hakuchō to Kōmori (Swans and Bats) on September 4, and Satsujin no Mon on February 19, 2027.
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