Asako Yuzuki

Born in Tokyo, Asako Yuzuki grew up reading a generous amount of translated literature and studied French Literature at Rikkyo University. In 2008, Yuzuki won a prestigious All Yomimono Award for New Writers for her short story, Forget Me, Not Blue. It was one of the stories that formed her debut collection Shuten no ano ko. She went on to publish another five novels between 2013-2015, winning the Yamamoto Shugoro Award in 2015 for Nile Perch No Joshikai. In 2017, she published Butter, which was translated into English and published in the UK in 2024, and rocketed Yuzuki to international fame, also securing the accolade of Waterstones Book of the Year 2024.

柚木麻子

1981年東京都生まれ。2010年刊行のデビュー作『終点のあの子 』に収録された『フォーゲットミー、ノットブルー 』でオール讀物新人賞を受賞。2015年には『ナイルパーチの女子会 』で山本周五郎賞受賞。直木賞に複数回ノミネートされ、作品がテレビドラマ化・映画化されている。