Kanae Minato Books in Order

Kanae Minato is a Japanese writer of crime fiction and thriller, known for crafting dark and suspenseful narratives that delve into the human psyche. Born in 1973, she began her writing career in her thirties and quickly gained recognition with her bestselling novel, Confessions. This critically acclaimed work earned her the prestigious Japanese Booksellers Award and has been adapted into a film, Confession, directed by Tetsuya Nakashima, which received an Academy Award nomination in 2011. Minato is revered in Japan as the queen of iyamisu, a subgenre of mystery fiction that explores the darker aspects of human nature and the unsettling consequences of our actions.