Makiko Mori
Mori made her debut as a writer in 1965 with the novel . Her novel won the Bungakukai New Writer's Award and was nominated for the Akutagawa Prize. Several of her other books were also nominated for this award, such as  in 1965,  in 1969, and  in 1971. Three of her works were nominated for the Women's Literature Award. Her book  won the Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature in 1980.