Tow Ubukata (1977-) is a renowned Japanese novelist and
screenwriter. In 2003 Ubukata was awarded the Nihon SF Taisho Award
by the Science Fiction Writers of Japan for his novel Mardock
Scramble. He would then go on to win a number of awards for his
novel Tenchi- The Samurai Astronomer in 2010 (Eiji Yoshikawa New
Author Award for Literature, Japan Booksellers' Award, Seiichi
Funahashi Literature Award). Since his debut, Ubukata has penned
more than twenty novels and has written screenplays for a handful
of television series and motion pictures.
Toh EnJoe (1972-) is Japanese novelist who has worked within the
fields of science-fiction, speculative fiction and literary
fiction. He like Ubukata is a multiple award winner, having
collected the Akutakawa Prize (Harlequin's Butterfly), the Seiun
Award (The Empire of Corpses) and the Phillip K. Dick Award
(Self-Reference ENGINE).
Kafka Asagiri is a Japanese novelist and game writer. Formerly an
office worker for an auto company, Asagiri would eventually shift
focus towards writing for manga and video games to great success.
Asagiri's Bungo Stray Dogs is published by Yen Press and inspired a
popular animated TV series.
“A spry, classy set of riffs on the ‘Ghost in the Shell’ universe, drawing on characters we know and extrapolating from the setting at large. . . .” —Ganriki
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