Sayaka Murata
Author · 29 books
Sayaka Murata was born in 1979 in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. The Japanese author has received several literary awards, including the Akutagawa Prize in 2016 for her novel *Convenience Store Woman* and the Noma Literary Prize. Her other works include *Earthlings*, *Life Ceremony*, and *Vanishing World*. *Convenience Store Woman* has been translated into numerous languages and received international acclaim.