Nahoko Uehashi | |
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| Native name | 上橋 菜穂子 |
| Born | July 15, 1962 Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupation | Writer, ethnologist |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Genre | Fantasy, children's literature |
| Notable works | Moribito series |
| Notable awards | Noma Children's Literature New Face Prize (1996), Noma Children's Literature award (2004), Sankei Children's Culture and Publishing award, Mildred L. Batchelder Award (2009), Hans Christian Andersen Award (2014) |
Nahoko Uehashi (上橋 菜穂子, Uehashi Nahoko) (born July 15, 1962) is a Japanese writer, primarily of fantasy books, for which she has won many awards.
Uehashi is also Professor of Ethnology at Kawamura Gakuen Women's University, having completed a PhD focusing on the Yamatji, an indigenous Australian people.[1]