is a female Japanese

novelist A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living writing novels and other fiction, while others asp ...

. The pen name Asato Asato is a combination of her real name (Toru Asakura) and eighty-eight.

Career

Asato started writing novels just before she entered junior high school. She initially submitted her work to the Kadokawa Beans Bunko Rookie Award, but when in 2014 her manuscript made it to the third round of the 2014 21st

Dengeki Novel Prize The is a literary award handed out annually (since 1994) by the Japanese publisher ASCII Media Works (formerly MediaWorks) for their Dengeki Bunko light novel imprint. The contest has discovered many popular and successful light novelists, like K ...

, Asato started thinking about writing a novel that was "Dengeki Novel-esque." This novel would become the start of the '' 86 -Eighty Six-'' series. In 2016, ''86 -Eighty Six-'' won the 23rd Dengeki Novel Prize.

Bibliography

*'' 86 -Eighty Six-'' series (86-エイティシックス-) (Illustrated by Shirabii, published by

Dengeki Bunko is a publishing imprint affiliated with the Japanese publishing company ASCII Media Works (formerly MediaWorks). It was established in June 1993 with the publication of '' Hyōryū Densetsu Crystania'' volume one, and is a light novel imprint ai ...

, 11 volumes)

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* Living people 1985 births Japanese women novelists Light novelists 21st-century pseudonymous writers Pseudonymous women writers {{Japan-writer-stub