title: Naoko Awa
text: # Naoko Awa
  
  Naoko Minegishi (峰岸 直子, Minegishi Naoko) (5 January 1943 – 25 February 1993), known by her pen name Naoko Awa (安房 直子, Awa Naoko), was a Japanese novelist.
  
  She graduated from Japan Women's University. She was influenced by the Brothers Grimm, and wrote fairy tales. She mixes fantasy beings with contemporary settings.
  
  Her work appeared in Mejiro jidō bungaku (Mejiro Children’s Literature).
  
  ## Works
  
  * きつねの窓 (Kitsune no mado) The Fox’s Window: And Other Stories, translator, Toshiya Kamei, University of New Orleans Press, 2010.
  * “Hanamame no nieru made,” Until the Beans Are Cooked, 1993
  * "First Day of Snow", My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me, Penguin Books, 2010.
  