Saeko Himuro Author

Born in 1957 in Hokkaido, Japan, Saeko Himuro was a prolific novelist and essayist. She made her literary debut in 1977 when she received an honorable mention in the 10th Shosetsu Junior YA Novels New Talent Award for Sayonara arurukan (Goodbye, Harlequin). Her works of fiction include Kurara hakusho (The Clara Chronicles), Za chenji! (The Change!), the series Nante suteki ni japanesuku (How Wonderfully Japanesque), and Umi ga kikoeru (Ocean Waves), which was adapted into an animated feature film by Studio Ghibli in 1993. Known for presenting a fresh worldview in the genre of coming-of-age novels with female protagonists, Himuro garnered much popularity as a leading novelist of her time. She died in 2008.