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Sayaka Murata is a Japanese novelist born in 1979 in Inzai, Chiba Prefecture. She worked for many years as a convenience store clerk while writing fiction, a detail that has become part of her literary mythology. She is one of the most internationally celebrated Japanese writers of her generation, known for fiction that examines social conformity, sexual norms, and the pressure of Japanese society on those who do not fit. Read more →