Soji Shimada 島田 荘司

Soji Shimada was born in Hiroshima in 1948. After graduating from Musashino University of Art, he worked as a truck driver, musician, and writer. In 1981 he made his authorial debut with the novel The Tokyo Zodiac Murders. A prolific writer, he has produced several series of novels, including his Kiyoshi Mitarai and Takeshi Yoshiki series. His works have been translated throughout Asia, where he enjoys enormous popularity as a leading writer of modern Japanese detective novels.