Miyuki Miyabe (1960-) was born in Tokyo. In 1987, she received the All Yomimono Mystery Prize for New Writers, for Warera ga Rinjin no Hanzai (Our Neighbor's Crime). She won many literary prizes, including Japan Mystery Writers' Association Prize, Naoki Prize, and the Batchelder Award.

1987 All Yomimono Mystery Prize for New Writers, for Warera ga Rinjin no Hanzai (Our Neighbor's Crime)

1989 Japan Mystery Writers' Association Prize, for Majutsu wa Sasayaku (Whisper The Magic)

1992 Yoshikawa Eiji Literary Prize for New Writers, for Honjo Fukagawa Fushigi Zoshi (Mystery Teles of Honjo-Fukagawa)

1993 Yamamoto Shugoro Prize, for Kasha (All She was Worth)

1997 Japan SF Grand Prize, for Gamo-tei Jiken (House Incident Gamo)

1998 Naoki Prize, for Riyu (The Reason)

2001 Ministry of Education Award for Art, for Mohohan (The Copy Cat)

2008 Batchelder Award, for Brave Story