1963年生まれ。北海道小樽市出身。 世界妖怪協会、全日本妖怪推進委員会肝煎。 古典遊戯研究会紙舞会員。お化け大學校・水木しげる学部教授。 1994年 「姑獲鳥の夏」でデビュー。 1996年 「魍魎の匣」で第49回日本推理作家協会賞長編部門受賞。 1997年 「嗤う伊右衛門」で第25回泉鏡花賞受賞。 2000年　第8回桑沢賞受賞。 2003年 「覘き小平次」で第16回山本周五郎賞を受賞。 2004年 「後巷説百物語」で第130回直木賞受賞。 2011年 「西巷説百物語」で第24回柴田錬三郎賞受賞。 2016年 遠野文化賞受賞。

Natsuhiko Kyogoku ( 京極 夏彦 Kyōgoku Natsuhiko, born March 26, 1963) is a Japanese mystery writer, who is a member of Ōsawa Office. He is a member of the Mystery Writers of Japan and the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan. Three of his novels have been turned into feature films; Mōryō no Hako, which won the 1996 Mystery Writers of Japan Award, was also made into an anime TV series, as was Kosetsu Hyaku Monogatari, and his book Loups=Garous was adapted into an anime feature film. Vertical have published his debut novel as The Summer of the Ubume. (from Wikipedia)