Natsuo Kirino — Japanese Novelist born on October 07, 1951,

Natsuo Kirino is the pen name of Mariko Hashioka, a Japanese novelist and a leading figure in the recent boom of female writers of Japanese detective fiction... (wikipedia)

In Japan, full-time homemakers have no economic power of their own, and they socially lead a faceless, anonymous existence.
The thing I don't like about detective stories is looking for criminals.
One of my books, 'Rain Falling on My Face,' earned me the 39th Edogawa Ranpo prize. It's a very prestigious literary prize in Japan, mostly for mysteries and thrillers.
It's a very confusing experience living as a woman in Japan. If your husband is white-collar, the wife is blue. Even if you marry a person of status, the wife inevitably remains a rung below.
I started writing juvenile novels around 1985. I never really thought of it as a career, but more as a way to make a living.