Bin Konno (born 1955) is a Japanese novelist. Born in Hokkaido, he won the Mondai Shosetsu New Writers Award in 1978 while studying at Sophia University and later became a full-time writer after working for a record company. Although he has written across a wide range of genres, including science fiction, action, supernatural fiction, and historical novels, he is particularly known for his extensive body of police fiction. His representative work, "Inpei Sosa," centers on Shinya Ryuzaki, an elite National Police Agency bureaucrat who insists on following principles and rational judgment rather than yielding to organizational politics or personal considerations. The novel received the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers, while its sequel, "Kadan: Inpei Sosa 2," won both the Yamamoto Shugoro Prize and the Mystery Writers of Japan Award. The series combines criminal investigations with detailed portrayals of decision-making, responsibility, hierarchy, and relationships within Japan's police bureaucracy.