ARAI MOTOKO

   Arai Motoko is a Japanese science fiction and fantasy writer from Nerima, Tokyo. She graduated from Rikkyo University in 1983. Her first novel received an award in 1977 when she was still in high school. Her novels include Gureen rekuiemu (1980; tr. Green Requiem, 1984) and Hoshi e yuku fune (1980; tr. Ship to the Stars, 1984). She received the Seiun Award in 1981–82 for short fiction, and the Japan Science Fiction Grand Prize (akin to the Nebula Award) for her novel Chigurisu to yufuratesu (Tigris and Euphrates, 1996–98).