Kazumi Yumoto

Yumoto was born in Tokyo and graduated from Tokyo College of Music. She began writing scripts for opera and became a writer for television and radio.^[1] Her debut children's novel The Friends (1992) received the Newcomer Award from the Japan Children's Literature Association and the Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards in 1999.^[2] It was adapted to a movie in 1994, directed by Shinji Sōmai. Kishibe no Tabi (Journey to the Shore), another of her books, was adapted to a film; directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, it won the Un Certain Regard award at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.^[3]

• 1992- The Friends (Summer Garden - The Friends (夏の庭 The Friends, Natsu no Niwa The Friends))
• 1995- The Spring Tone (The Spring Organ (春のオルガン, Haru no Orugan)
• 1997- The Letters (Autumn of Poplars (ポプラの秋, Popura no aki))
• 2008- The Bear and the Wildcat (くまとやまねこ, Kuma to Yamaneko)
• 2010- Kisishibe no Tabi (岸辺の旅)