Tomiko Inui
Tomiko Inui (1924-2002) was born in Tokyo and joined a publishing house in 1950, where she worked as an editor, while also writing. A pioneer of children’s fantasy literature in Japan, she published many titles over her long career, won numerous prizes and was a runner-up for the Hand Christian Andersen Award. The Secret of the Blue Glass is the first of her books to be translated into English.