Creator
Noriko Ogiwara
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Writer
[Blog](http://andante-d.way-nifty.com/blog/) Noriko Ogiwara was born in 1959. Having read C. S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia at a very early age, she decided to become a fantasy writer. Her first book, Sorairo Magatama won her several awards for children's literature and was translated into English by Cathy Hirano as Dragon Sword and Wind Child; the English version was out-of-print until it was re-released by Viz Media in October 2007. The two sequels, Hakuchou Iden and Usuben…
