Biography
A high school dropout at the age of 15, Kanehara pursued her passion for writing with the support of her father, Mizuhito Kanehara, a literary professor and translator of children's literature. She was born and currently lives in Tokyo.
She wrote her first novel Snakes and Earrings at the age of 21. The novel won the prestigious Akutagawa Prize (judged by acclaimed novelist Ryū Murakami), going on to sell a million copies.
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