Akane Chihaya Follow

Akane Chihaya (b. 1979) is a multiple award-winning author from Hokkaido, Japan. A graduate of Ritsumeikan University, her 2009 debut Iogami won the Shosetsu Subaru New Writer Award and the Izumi Kyoka Prize for Literature. Since then, her novels have won several other prizes including the Watanabe Junichi Literature Award and the Naoki Prize. Known as a gourmet, she is also well-known for her food writing.