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Asako Yuzuki


Japan (b.1981)

Asako Yuzuki was born in Tokyo in 1981. She won the All Yomimono Award for New Writers for her story, ‘Forget Me, Not Blue’, which appeared in her debut, Shuuten No Anoko, published in 2010. 
She won the Yamamoto Shūgorō Award in 2015 for Nile Perch No Joshikai. 

She has been nominated multiple times for the Naoko Prize, and her novels have been adapted for television, radio and film.

 

Awards: Nibbies (2025), Waterstones (2024)  see all

Genres: Mystery
 
New and upcoming books
March 2026

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Hooked
 
Novels
   Butter (2024)
   Hooked (2026)
   Mari the Unwonderful Witch (2026)
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Awards
2025 British Book Award Debut Book of the Year : Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder
2024 Waterstones Book of the Year : Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder

Award nominations
2025 Dagger for Crime Fiction in Translation (shortlist) : Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder


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