Hiroshi Sakurazaka
| Hiroshi Sakurazaka | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1970 Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Language | Japanese |
| Genre | Science fiction, Fantasy |
| Notable works |
All You Need Is Kill Modern Magic Made Simple |
Hiroshi Sakurazaka (桜坂 洋 Sakurazaka Hiroshi?, born 1970) is a Japanese author of science fiction and fantasy light novels. He is best known for his novel All You Need Is Kill, which formed the basis of Edge of Tomorrow, featuring Tom Cruise.
Sakurazaka He originally began in a career in IT. He made his literary debut in 2002 at the second Super Dash Novel Rookie of the Year Award with Mahō tsukai no netto, which was later published in December 2003 under the name Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahō. This work has subsequently been expanded into a series of light novels and has also been made into an anime. In 2004 he was presented the S-F Magazine Readers Award's best short story award for "The Saitama Chain Saw Massacre". His 2004 novel All You Need Is Kill, received high praise from other authors in Japan and has subsequently been published in English by Viz Media.
Sakurazuka has an interest in computers and video games. He is quite knowledgeable about computer culture, can program in Perl, is able to use specialized text editors such as Meadow and can typeset in TeX.
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