Author: Rie Qudan

Rie Qudan was born in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, in 1990. She was the recipient of the Bungakukai New Writer’s Award in 2021 for her debut novella Bad Music, and of the Geijutsusensho New Writer’s Award for Schoolgirl in 2023. In 2024, she was awarded the Akutagawa Prize for Tokyo Sympathy Tower.