Mizuki Fujimura

Birthplace: Fuefuki, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan

Mizuki Fujimura is a mystery writer who works across both adult and children's fiction. She's best known for winning the 31st Mephisto Prize with her manuscript Tsumetai Kosha no Toki wa Tomaru, and she took home the 2018 Japan Booksellers' Award for Kagami no Kojou (The Solitary Castle in the Mirror)—a win that really established her as a major force in contemporary Japanese publishing.