Fujiko Sawada is a Japanese novelist. She is best-known for her works of historical fiction.
Sawada was born in Handa, Japan on September 5.[1] 1948. She graduated from Aichi Women's College in 1965, then moved to Kyoto in 1966. She married a journalist named Haruo Sawada in the same year, and they had a daughter, .[2] She also learned to weave Nishijin-ori at this time.
Sawada began writing while working as a high school teacher. Her first story debuted in 1975. She began gaining attention as a writer of historical fiction with her 1978 novel . Her works rarely have happy endings, but her knowledge of Japanese arts clearly shines through.