October 7, 1951 (74 years old)
Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan
Known for Writing
Natsuo Kirino (桐野 夏生, Kirino Natsuo) (born October 7, 1951, in Japan) is the pen name of Mariko Hashioka, a novelist and a leading figure in the recent boom of female writers of Japanese detective fiction.
