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I. J. Parker

I. J. Parker won the Private Eye Writers of America Shamus Award for Best P.I. Short Story in 2000 for “Akitada’s First Case,” published in 1999. A retired Associate Professor of English and Foreign Languages at a Virginia university, Parker began research into 11th century Japan because of a professional interest in that culture’s literature. This led to the first Akitada short story, “Instruments of Murder,” published in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine in October of 1997. Although Parker’s multi-lingual background includes a little Japanese, research is done using translations and the help of scholars specializing in the period.

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Historical Fiction by I. J. Parker Featured on this Website

The Sword Master

The Left-Handed God

The Hollow Reed Trilogy:

Dream of a Spring Night

Unsheathed Swords

Dust Before the Wind

The Akitada Series:

The Dragon Scroll

Rashomon Gate

Black Arrow

Island of Exiles

The Hell Screen

The Convict’s Sword

The Masuda Affair

The Fires of the Gods

Death on an Autumn River

The Emperor’s Woman

Death of a Doll Maker

The Crane Pavilion

The Old Men of Omi

The Shrine Virgin

The Assassin’s Daughter

The Island of the Gods

Ikiryo: Vengeance and Justice

The Kindness of Dragons

The Nuns of Nara

Massacre at Shirakawa

Akitada and the Way of Justice (short story anthology)

The Lucky Gods of Otsu


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