, born February 29, 1980, is a Japanese writer from

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, Yamanashi. Tsujimura specializes in

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. She writes both for adults and children. She has been writing mystery novels since she was a high school student. She decided to go to

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because there was a mystery research group in this university. She made her debut in 2004 with her novel '' A School Frozen in Time''. She professes herself to be a fan of

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and wrote the screenplay for the Doraemon movie "Nobita no Getsumen Tansaki (Nobita's Lunar Exploration)" and its novel version in 2018.

Awards

After being shortlisted several times for the

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, she finally received the 2012

for ''Kagi no nai Yume wo Miru'' (''I Saw a Dream Without a Key'') Tsujimura won the 2018

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for her novel '' Lonely Castle in the Mirror''.

Bibliography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tsujimura, Mizuki 1980 births Living people Japanese women novelists Writers from Yamanashi Prefecture 21st-century Japanese women writers