Kanae MINATO (湊 かなえ, born 1973) is a Japanese writer of crime fiction and thriller.
She started writing in her thirties. Her first novel Confessions (告白, Kokuhaku) became a bestseller and won the Japanese Booksellers Award. The movie Confession directed by Tetsuya Nakashima was nominated to 2011 Academy Award.
She has been described in Japan as "the queen of iyamisu"(eww mystery), a subgenre of mystery fiction which deals with grisly episodes and the dark side of human nature.
Minato's books have always brought about my thoughts and feelings for suffered childhood. This book is among one of my favorites among her books because of personal reasons. Reading is a personal thing, isn't it?
When the only person you care about in the whole world was murdered, life became unliveable. it takes so much to unearth what actually happened. The ending killed me.