Hiro Arikawa

In this Japanese name, the family name is Arikawa.

Hiro Arikawa (有川浩, Arikawa Hiro, born on June 9, 1972) is a Japanese writer. She is from Kōchi Prefecture. She is known for Library War (図書館戦争, Toshokan sensou). Library War won the Seiun Award in 2008. She is good at writing science fiction and love stories.

Selected works

The Self-Defense Forces trilogy series

• Sora no Naka (空の中, soranonaka)(2004)
• Shio no Machi (塩の街, sionomachi)(2004)
• Umi no Soko (海の底, uminosoko)(2005)

The Library War series

• The Library War (図書館戦争, toshokan sensou)(2006)
• The Library Internal Disorder (図書館内乱, toshokan nairan)(2006)
• The Library Crisis (図書館危機, toshokan kiki)(2007)
• The Library Revolution (図書館革命, toshokan kakumei)(2007)
• Hankyu Line (阪急電車, hankyu densya)(2008) A screen version was made in 2011.
• Story Seller (ストーリーセラー, sutori-sera-)(2010)
• Plant Illustrated Book (植物図鑑, syokubutuzukan)(2009)

Other websites

• Hiro's fan site (in Japanese)