Miyuki Miyabe

Best-selling author MIYUKI MIYABE has written more than 40 novels, including four previous works in English translation published by Kodansha: All She Was Worth, Shadow Family, Crossfire and The Devil's Whisper (available in trade paperback in April 2009). Among her many awards is Japan's top honor for popular literature, the Naoki Prize. Her books have been translated into over 15 languages. She is also the author of the young adult novel Brave Story, which won ALA's Batchelder Award.