Sanaka Hiiragi

Sanaka Hiiragi (柊サナカ) was born in 1974 in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. She studied literature and Japanese as a foreign language in Kobe. Before turning to writing, she taught Japanese abroad for seven years. Her debut novel, The Marriage-Hunting Dream Team, won the Konomy Hidden Gem Award. In 2015, she achieved bestseller status with The Mystery of Yanaka’s Retro Camera Shop. Her novels published in German include Die Erinnerungsfotografen (2023) and Die Glückslieferanten (2024).