Natsuo Kirino is a leading figure in Japanese crime fiction.
She also translated Kirino\'s 2003 novel Grotesque ..
Rebecca Copeland is a professor of Japanese literature at Washington University in St Louis, Missouri, where her research and teaching focuses on women, gender and translation studies.
A prolific writer, she is most famous for her 1998 novel Out , which received the Grand Prix for Crime Fiction, Japan\'s top mystery award, and was a finalist (in translation) for the 2004 Edgar Best Novel Award.
Natsuo Kirino is a leading figure in Japanese crime fiction