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In 1999, Keigo Higashino won the Mystery Writers of Japan Inc award for the novel Himitsu (The secret), which was translated into English by Kerim Yasar and published by Vertical under the title of Naoko in 2004. In 2006, he won the 134th Naoki Prize for Yōgisha X no Kenshin. His novels have been nominated five times before winning with this novel.
He writes not only mystery novel but also essays and story books for children. His style of writing differs from his novel, but basically he does not use as many characters as in his novels .