Sayuri Ueda Explained

Sayuri Ueda
Birth Date:	26 October 1964^[1]
Birth Place:	Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
Occupation:	Writer
Language:	Japanese
Genre:	Science fiction, fantasy
Awards:	Sakyo Komatsu Award (2003) Japan SF Award (2011)

is a Japanese science fiction and fantasy writer.

VIZ Productions is developing a feature film based on her short story "The Street of Fruiting Bodies."^[2]

Works in English translation

Novel

• The Cage of Zeus (original title: Zeusu no Ori), trans. Takami Nieda (Haikasoru, 2011)^[3]

Short stories

• "Fin and Claw" (original title: Uobune, Kemonobune), trans. Daniel Huddleston (Speculative Japan 3: Silver Bullet and Other Tales of Japanese Science Fiction and Fantasy, Kurodahan Press, 2012)^[4]
• "The Street of Fruiting Bodies" (original title: Kusabira no Michi) (Phantasm Japan: Fantasies Light and Dark, From and About Japan, Haikasoru, 2014)^[5]

Awards

• 2003 – Sakyo Komatsu Award: Kasei Daku Barado (Mars Dark Ballade)^[6]
• 2011 – Japan SF Award: Karyu no Miya (The Ocean Chronicles)^[7]

Bibliography

The Ocean Chronicles series

• Novels
  • , 2010
  • , 2013
• Short stories
  • (2006) (English translation: "Fin and Claw")
  • (2011)

Pastry series

• , 2005
• , 2008
• , 2011

Yokai Detective series

• , 2014

Standalone sci-fi/fantasy novels

• , 2003
• , 2004 (English translation: The Cage of Zeus, Haikasoru, 2011)
• , 2008
• , 2012
• , 2015

Short story collections

• , 2009
  • (2006) (English translation: "Fin and Claw")
  • (2007) (English translation: "The Street of Fruiting Bodies")
  • (2008)
  • (2007)
  • (2004)
  • (2009)
• , 2011
  • (2011)
  • (2009)
  • (2011)
  • (2011)

External links

• Official website
• Facebook
• Twitter account of her agent
• Interview with Sayuri Ueda, author of The Cage of Zeus (Haikasoru) « The World SF Blog

Notes and References

1. Web site: List of members, Sayuri Ueda. Mystery Writers of Japan, Inc.. February 13, 2015. Japanese.
2. Web site: Haikasoru Goes Hollywood…Again!. Haikasoru. February 13, 2015.
3. Web site: The Cage of Zeus. Haikasoru. February 13, 2015.
4. Web site: Speculative Japan 3. Kurodahan Press. February 13, 2015.
5. Web site: Phantasm Japan. Haikasoru. February 13, 2015.
6. Web site: Sakyo Komatsu Award. Kadokawa Haruki Corporation. February 13, 2015. Japanese.
7. Web site: Winners of the SFWJ Awards. Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan. February 13, 2015. Japanese.