Shungiku Uchida

内田春菊

Blog | Twitter Shungiku Uchida was born on August 7th, 1959, in Nagasaki prefecture. In 1984, she debuted with "Coelacanth Burein," a mystery novel published by Futabasha. Writing about people's mentality from an original perspective, she has produced a lot of shocking stories. Her other activities include writing novels and acting. Her father left the family when she and her younger sister were in primary school. Her mother was a dance teacher and bar hostess, who soon began living with another dance instructor, and later remarried. Shungiku was often forced to sleep with her…