Miyuki Miyabe

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born

December 23, 1960 in Tokyo, Japan

gender

female

genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers

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See also 宮部みゆき.

Miyuki Miyabe (宮部みゆき Miyabe Miyuki) is a popular contemporary Japanese author active in a number of genres including science fiction, mystery fiction, historical fiction, social commentary, and juvenile fiction.
Miyabe started writing novels at the age of 23. She has been a prolific writer, publishing dozens of novels and winning many major literary prizes, including the Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize in 1993 for Kasha and the Naoki Prize in 1998 for Riyū [The Reason] (理由). A Japanese film adaptation of Riyû, directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi, was released in 2004.

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Average rating: 3.66 · 2322 ratings · 409 reviews · 90 distinct works

	Brave Story by Miyuki Miyabe, Alexander O. Smith (Translator) 398 avg rating — 696 ratings — published 2006 — 6 editions	My rating:
	All She Was Worth by Miyuki Miyabe, Alfred Birnbaum (Translator) 356 avg rating — 583 ratings — published 1996 — 8 editions	My rating:
	The Devil's Whisper 340 avg rating — 171 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Shadow Family by Miyuki Miyabe, Juliet Winters Carpenter (Translator) 323 avg rating — 137 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Crossfire by Miyuki Miyabe, Deborah Stuhr Iwabuchi (Translator), Anna Husson Isozaki (Translator) 346 avg rating — 149 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Book of Heroes by Miyuki Miyabe, Alexander O. Smith (Translator) 373 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Ico: Castle in the Mist 360 avg rating — 98 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Sleeping Dragon by Miyuki Miyabe, Deborah Iwabuchi (Translator) 365 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Brave Story, Volume 1: A Retelling of a Classic 294 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Brave Story, Volume 3 by Miyuki Miyabe, Yoichiro Ono 338 avg rating — 13 ratings	My rating:

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Series by Miyuki Miyabe

Brave Story (6 books)
by Miyuki Miyabe, Yoichiro Ono

312 avg rating — 81 ratings

霊験お初捕物控 (2 books)
by Miyuki Miyabe

340 avg rating — 5 ratings

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“Don't give up hope.”
― Miyuki Miyabe, Ico: Castle in the Mist

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“your soul is dust to me. I will swallow you whole.”
― Miyuki Miyabe, Brave Story

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“It was all right to be sad. It was all right to lament. It was all right to feel anger. But [is] not all right to run away.”
― Miyuki Miyabe, Ico: Castle in the Mist

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