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Natsuo Kirino

East and Southeast Asian Literature

Natsuo Kirino is the pen name of Mariko Hashioka, a Japanese novelist and a leading figure in the recent boom of female writers of Japanese detective fiction. She was born on 7 October 1951 in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture. Her novel Out is among her best-known books, and she is regarded as a leading voice among the women who have reshaped Japanese detective fiction. She was born in Kanazawa in Ishikawa Prefecture, and Kirino is her pen name.

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Birth Year
1951 1
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Crime Fiction, Genres
Source Wikipedia: Natsuo Kirino
The Novel, Genres
Source Wikipedia: Natsuo Kirino

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Out (novel), Works
Source Wikipedia: Out (novel)
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    is the pen name of Mariko Hashioka, a Japanese novelist and a leading figure in the recent boom of female writers of Japanese detective fiction
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    born October 7, 1951
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Wikipedia: Out (novel)
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crime novel written by Japanese author Natsuo Kirino
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