Tow Ubukata (1977-) is a renowned Japanese novelist and screenwriter. In 2003 Ubukata was awarded the Nihon SF Taisho Award by the Science Fiction Writers of Japan for his novel Mardock Scramble. He would then go on to win a number of awards for his novel Tenchi- The Samurai Astronomer in 2010 (Eiji Yoshikawa New Author Award for Literature, Japan Booksellers' Award, Seiichi Funahashi Literature Award). Since his debut, Ubukata has penned more than twenty novels and has written screenplays for a handful of television series and motion pictures. Toh EnJoe (1972-) is Japanese novelist who has worked within the fields of science-fiction, speculative fiction and literary fiction. He like Ubukata is a multiple award winner, having collected the Akutakawa Prize (Harlequin's Butterfly), the Seiun Award (The Empire of Corpses) and the Phillip K. Dick Award (Self-Reference ENGINE). Kafka Asagiri is a Japanese novelist and game writer. Formerly an office worker for an auto company, Asagiri would eventually shift focus towards writing for manga and video games to great success. Asagiri's Bungo Stray Dogs is published by Yen Press and inspired a popular animated TV series.