Sosuke Natsukawa

Louise Heal Kawai has been a translator of Japanese literature since 2005. She loves to translate all genres of contemporary fiction. Besides the novels on this list, has published many short stories in online magazines and journals, play scripts and the odd poem. She is always working on something. In 2022 she translated the international bestseller The Cat Who Saved Books, and in 2023 Hideo Yokoyama's The North Light.