MIEKO KAWAKAMI is the acclaimed author of the international bestsellers Breasts and Eggs, Heaven, and All The Lovers of the Night. Her books, translated into over twenty languages, are known for their insights into the female body, and preoccupation with ethics and modern society. Kawakami has won the Akutagawa Prize, the Tanizaki Prize, and the Murasaki Shikibu Prize. Heaven, translated by Sam Bett and David Boyd, was shortlisted for the 2022 International Booker Prize. Born in Osaka, Kawakami lives in Tokyo.
LAUREL TAYLOR is a translator, poet, and researcher. She has translated works by Kaori Fujino, Minae Mizumura, Shibasaki Tomoka, and Aoko Matsudo, among others.
HITOMI YOSHIO is the translator of Natsuko Imamura's This Is Amiko, Do You Copy? and the co-translator of Mieko Kawakami's Ashes of Spring.
