Eto Mori ( ja, 森絵都, translit=Mori Eto, born 1968) is a Japanese novelist focusing on children's and young adult literature. She has been described as "one of the most celebrated female writers of fiction in Japan today". Mori was born in Tokyo, and graduated from the Japan Juvenile Education College and

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. She released her debut novel, ''Rizumu'' (''Rhythm''), in 1990, winning the Kodansha Award of Children's Literature for Newcomers. Her other works include ''Uchu no minashigo'' (''Slight Light Little Star'' or ''Orphans of the Universe'', 1994, winner of the Noma Literary Prize New Author Award), ''Tsuki no fune'' (''Moon Ship'', 1998, winner of the Noma Literary Prize), and ''Kazeni maiagaru biniru shito'' (''Plastic Sheet Soaring in the Wind'', 2006, winner of the

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). Her 1998 novel ''Karafuru'' (''Colorful'', winner of the Sankei Children's Book Award) has been adapted into three films (including the 2010 animated ''

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'' and the 2018 Thai adaptation '' Homestay''). Her four-volume series ''Daibu!!'' ('' Dive!!'', 2000–2002, winner of the Shogakukan Award for Children's Literature) has been adapted into a

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series, a feature film and an

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television series.

Bibliography

Novels

*,1998 (English translation: ''Colorful'', Counterpoint Press, 2021)

References

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