Saishō Hazuki

Nonfiction writer. Born in Tokyo in 1963, and raised in Kobe. Graduated in law from Kwansei Gakuin University. Works include Zettai onkan (Perfect Pitch), which won the Shōgakukan Nonfiction Award and Hoshi Shin’ichi: Sen’ichi wa o tsukutta hito (Hoshi Shin’ichi: The Man Who Created 1,001 Stories), which received the Osaragi Jirō Prize, Kōdansha Nonfiction Award, Japan SF Award, and Mystery Writers of Japan Award. In fiscal 2025, she served as a judge for the Nikkei Hoshi Shin’ichi Award.