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A fantasy writer and cultural anthropologist with a PhD from Rikkyo University,
Nahoko Uehashi is an associate professor at Kawamura Gakuen University. Her research focuses on the Indigenous peoples of Australia. Her books include
The Beast Player and the multivolume
Moribito series. She lives near Tokyo.
Her debut novel,
Seirei no Ki, was published during graduate school. She is best known for the
Moribito series,
The Beast Player,
The Deer King, and
Kokun. Her books have sold over 11.5 million copies, inspired multiple adaptations, and been widely translated. She received the Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award in 2014.
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