Writing · Novel
Born Oct 7, 1951 · Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan
Active 1994–present · Awards: Edogawa Rampo Award, Naoki Prize, Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature, Shibata Renzaburō Award, Tanizaki Prize, Murasaki Shikibu Prize, Shimase Romantic Literature Prize, Yomiuri Prize
Natsuo Kirino (桐野 夏生, Kirino Natsuo) (born October 7, 1951, in Japan) is the pen name of Mariko Hashioka, a novelist and a leading figure in the recent boom of female writers of Japanese detective fiction.