Author guide

Sayaka Murata

Murata debuted in 2003 with Junyu (Breastfeeding), which won the Gunzo Prize for New Writers. She later won the Noma Prize for New Writers for Gin iro no uta and the Mishima Yukio Prize for Shiro-oro no machi no, sono hone no taion no; Convenience Store Woman won the 2016 Akutagawa Award.