Natsuo Kirino

Born October 7, 1951 Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan

Biography

Natsuo Kirino (桐野夏生, Kirino Natsuo) (born October 7, 1951, in Japan) is the pen name of Mariko Hashioka, a novelist and a leading figure in the recent boom of female writers of Japanese detective fiction.