Kazuki Sakuraba

• Name — Kazuki Sakuraba • Born — 26 July 1971 • Birthplace — Shimane Prefecture, Japan • Occupation — Writer • Language — Japanese • Genre — Fiction, light novel, crime fiction • Notable Works — Gosick series, Red Girls: The Legend of the Akakuchibas • Awards — Mystery Writers of Japan Award (2007) Naoki Prize (2007)

Sakuraba was born in Shimane Prefecture on the 26th of July 1971. She, however, grew up in Yonago, Tottori Prefecture. She started writing novels when she was in the fourth or fifth grade of elementary school. In the library, Sakuraba often met a girl who she befriended that was writing something like a novel, so she decided to do the same, writing her first novel in her notebook. During her junior and senior high school years, Sakuraba skipped classes and cram school to read books. She states that she was seemingly unable to and hated studying. She graduated from Yonago Higashi High School and moved to Tokyo for university. During university, she repeatedly tried but failed to write anything substantial. Sakuraba continued to read books however and had a part-time job. In 1993, she won the DENiM New Writer's Award. In 1999, Sakuraba's novel Yozora ni, Manten no Hoshi (later retitled Loneliness Guardian: AD2015 Isolated Town) received an honorable mention in the 1st Famitsu Entertainment Award in the novel category. Novelist Usagi Nakamura was on the selection committee and recommended the work, barely making the selection and allowing Sakuraba to debut. After her debut, there was a period of stagnation where Sakuraba did not publish much and the work she did publish did not sell well. In 2003, Sakuraba made her first big break with the light novel series Gosick. In addition, her novels Suitei Shōjo and A Lollypop or A Bullet published in 2004 were highly acclaimed, and in 2005, her novel Shōjo ni wa Mukanai Shokugyō attracted attention as her first work for the general public. In 2007, she won the 60th Mystery Writers of Japan Award in the long and serial short story category for her work Red Girls: The Legend of the Akakuchibas published in 2006. The same work was nominated for the 28th Eiji Yoshikawa Literary Newcomer Award. In 2008, she won the 138th Naoki Prize for her novel Watashi no Otoko.

Gosick series • Gosick, Volume 1 (Tokyopop. 2008.) • Gosick, Volume 2: The Crime That Has No Name (Tokyopop. 2010.) Other • Red Girls: The Legend of the Akakuchibas (original title: Akakuchiba-ke no Densetsu), translated Jocelyne Allen (Haikasoru, 2015)

Books in the GOSICK series up to GOSICKs III were published originally by Fujimi Mystery Bunko; the publishing dates listed correspond to this printing. Between September 2009 and January 2011, these books were republished by Kadokawa Bunko. From February to November 2011 they were then republished by Kadokawa Beans Bunko. Starting with GOSICK VII the books have been published by Kadokawa Bunko exclusively. Royalties from the first edition printing of GOSICK VII were donated to the Japanese Red Cross to aid victims of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. • Year — Japanese Title — English Title — Publisher — ISBN • 2003 — GOSICK -ゴシック- Goshikku — GOSICK -Gosick- — Fujimi Mystery Bunko Kadokawa Bunko Kadokawa Beans Bunko — • 2004 — GOSICK II -ゴシック・その罪は名もなき- Goshikku: Sono Tsumi wa Namonaki — GOSICK II -Gosick: Those Sins are Nameless- — Fujimi Mystery Bunko Kadokawa Bunko Kadokawa Beans Bunko — • 2004 — GOSICK III -ゴシック・青い薔薇の下で- Goshikku: Aoi Bara no Shita de — GOSICK III -Gosick: Beneath the Blue Rose- — Fujimi Mystery Bunko Kadokawa Bunko Kadokawa Beans Bunko — • 2005 — GOSICK IV -ゴシック・愚者を代弁せよ- Goshikku: Kuja o Daiben Seyo — GOSICK IV -Gosick: Speaking on Behalf of Fools- — Fujimi Mystery Bunko Kadokawa Bunko Kadokawa Beans Bunko — • 2005 — GOSICKs -ゴシックエス・春来たる死神- Goshikkuesu: Haru Kitaru Shinigami — GOSICKs -Gosicks: The Death God that Came with Spring- — Fujimi Mystery Bunko Kadokawa Bunko Kadokawa Beans Bunko — • 2005 — GOSICK V -ゴシック・ベルゼブブの頭蓋- Goshikku: Beruzebubu no Zugai — GOSICK V -Gosick: Belzebub's Skull- — Fujimi Mystery Bunko Kadokawa Bunko Kadokawa Beans Bunko — • 2006 — GOSICKs II -ゴシックエス・夏から遠ざかる列車- Goshikkuesu: Natsu kara Toozakaru Ressha — GOSICKs II -Gosicks: The Train Moving Away From Summer- — Fujimi Mystery Bunko Kadokawa Bunko Kadokawa Beans Bunko — • 2006 — GOSICK VI -ゴシック・仮面舞踏会の夜- Goshikku: Kamen Butōkai no Yoru — GOSICK VI -Gosick: The Night of the Masquerade Ball- — Fujimi Mystery Bunko Kadokawa Bunko Kadokawa Beans Bunko — • 2007 — GOSICKs III -ゴシックエス・秋の花の思い出- Goshikuesu: Aki no Hana no Omoide — GOSICKs III -Gosicks: Memories of Autumn Flowers- — Fujimi Mystery Bunko Kadokawa Bunko Kadokawa Beans Bunko — • 2011 — GOSICK VII -ゴシック・薔薇色の人生- Goshikku: Barairo no Jinsei — GOSICK VII -Gosick: Rose Coloured Life- — Kadokawa Bunko • 2011 — GOSICKs IV -ゴシックエス・冬のサクリファイス- Goshikkuesu: Fuyu no Sakurifaisu — GOSICKs IV -Gosicks: Winter's Sacrifice- — Kadokawa Bunko • 2011 — GOSICK VIII -ゴシック・神々の黄昏- Goshikku: Kamigami no Tasogare — GOSICK VIII -Gosick: Twilight of the Gods- — Kadokawa Bunko — First volume: Second volume:

• Year — Japanese Title — English Title — Publisher — ISBN • 1999 — Ronrinesu Gādian AD2015 Kakuri Toshi — Loneliness Guardian: AD2015 Isolated Town — Famitsū Bunko • 2001 — Runatikku Dorīmā — Lunatic Dreamer — EX Novels • 2002 — Girl's Guard 君の歌は僕の歌 Girl's Guard: Kimi no Uta wa Boku no Uta — Girl's Guard: Your Song Is My Song — Famitsū Bunko • 2002 — B-EDGE AGE 獅子たちはアリスの庭で B-EDGE AGE: Shishi-tachi wa Arisu no Niwa de — B-EDGE AGE: The Shishi Are in Alice's Garden — Fujimi Mystery Bunko • 2002 — B-EDGE AGE 獅子たちはノアの方舟で B-EDGE AGE: Shishi-tachi wa Noa no Hakobune de — B-EDGE AGE: The Shishi Are in Noah's Ark — Fujimi Mystery Bunko • 2002 — Takeda-kun no Koibito — Takeda-kun's Lover — Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko • 2003 — Aka × Pinku — Red × Pink — Famitsū Bunko • 2004 — Suitei Shōjo — Presumptuous Girl — Famitsū Bunko • 2004 — Satōgashi no Dangan wa Uchinukenai — A Lollypop or A Bullet (lit. Candy Bullets Can't Hit Anything) — Fujimi Mystery Bunko • 2005 — 荒野の恋 第一部 catch the tail Kōya no Koi Dai Ichi Bu catch the tail — Love of the Wilderness, Volume One: catch the tail — Famitsū Bunko • 2006 — 荒野の恋 第二部 bump of love Kōya no Koi Dai Ni Bu bump of love — Love of the Wilderness, Volume Two: bump of love — Famitsū Bunko

Sakuraba's mainstream novels have been released by a variety of publishers. The bulk of them have also been rereleased several years after their original publishing dates by different publishers. Red Girls: The Legend of the Akakuchibas was the winner of the 60th Mystery Writers of Japan Award in 2007, and Watashi no Otoko (My Man) won the 138th Naoki Prize in the latter half of the same year. • Year — Japanese Title — English Title — Publisher — ISBN • 2005 — Shōjo ni wa Mukanai Shokugyō — An Unsuitable Job for a Girl — Tōkyō Sōgensha Mystery Frontier Sōgensuiri Bunko — • 2005 — Burū Sukai — Blue Sky — Hayakawa Bunko JA Bunshun Bunko — • 2006 — Shōjo Nanakamodo to Shichinin no Kawaisō na Otona — Girl Rowans and Seven People Make Cute Adults — Kadokawa Shoten Kadokawa Bunko — • 2006 — Akakuchiba-ke no Densetsu — Red Girls: The Legend of the Akakuchibas — Tōkyō Sōgensha Sōgensuiri Bunko — • 2007 — Seishun no Tame no Dokusha Kurabu — Reading Club for the Sake of Youth — Shinchosha Shinchō Bunko — • 2007 — Watashi no Otoko — My Man — Bungeishunjū Bunshun Bunko — • 2008 — Famirī Pōtoreito — Family Portrait — Kodansha — • 2009 — Seitetsu Tenshi — Blacksmith Angel — Tōkyō Sōgensha • 2010 — Dōtoku to Iu Na no Shōnen — A Boy Named Moral — Kadokawa Shoten • 2010 — Fuse Gansaku: Satomi Hakkenden — The Fake Fuse: Satomi Hakkenden — Bungeishunjū • 2011 — Barabara Shitai no Yoru — Night of the Scattered Corpse — Shueisha • 2012 — Kizuato — Scar — Kodansha

In addition to her full-length works, Sakuraba has contributed short stories to a number of literary anthologies. • Year — Japanese Title — English Title — Anthologized In — ISBN • 2005 — Bōkun — Tyrant — Igyō Korekushon: Obakeyashiki Grotesque Collection: Haunted House • 2006 — Shibō Yūgi — Blubber Games — Igyō Korekushon: Yami Denwa Grotesque Collection: Dark Phone • 2006 — Shōnen Bankoran! Yoru Aruku Inu — Boy Bencolin! Night Walking Dog — Misshitsu to Kiseki: J.D. Kā Seitan Hyakunen Kinen Ansorojī ー Locked Rooms and Miracles: J.D. Carr Hundred Year Anniversary Anthology • 2008 — Raitingu — Lighting — Sakuraba Kazuki: Monogataru Shōjo to Yajū Kazuki Sakuraba: To Tell of Girls and Beasts • 2009 — A — A — Mijikai Nemurinitsuku Mae ni III A While Before You Sleep III