Yoko Mure Author

Born in 1954, Yoko Mure graduated from Nihon University College of Art in 1977. She started to write essays while working at a magazine publishing house and in 1984, she published her debut essay collection, Brown Rice Bread before Midnight. Since then, her writing has been prolific: she is the author of dozens of novels and essay books, and has become one of Japan's most successful writers. A Day for Bread, Soup, and Cats was adapted into a Japanese TV drama in 2013.