Shinohara Miki

Shinohara Miki (篠原 美季 'しのはら みき') is a light novelist, who was born on April 9 and lives in Yokohama. She graduated from Meiji University with a degree in Sociology. In 2000, she debuted as a novelist and won the 8th Kodansha White Heart Grand Prize Award for Excellence for her work, "Eikoku Youitan." (英国妖異譚; Mystery Tales from Britian.) A common theme in her work is occult mystery in dormitory settings. She also writes children books under the name Kagaya Miki (香谷 美季 'かがや みき'). She has written around 85 books within multiple series.

The Ten Thousand and One Nights Series
Takashima collaborated with Shinohara on her Ten Thousand and One Nights series. Yorozu Ichi Ya no Mystery (よろず一夜のミステリー lit. "A Mystery of Ten Thousand and One Nights") is a supernatural, occult mystery series set in a school. The plot is as follows:"University Student Hibino Megumi started her part-time job, a strange type of website that deals with urban legends and such, like 'Mystery of Ten Thousand and One Nights.' One day, a disturbing submission was delivered. 'Did you know you can kill people with cursed water?' —And at the same time, a mysterious death occurred. With the Young President Manki Teruichi, Science Journalist Renjou Makiyo, and others, the one-of-a -kind team 'Yoroichi' go after the root of it; the newly-written youthful 'mystery' begins!"There are five books in the series. The first, subtitled Mizu no Kioku (水の記憶 lit. Water Memories) is described above. The second book is subtitled Kin no Reiyaku (金の霊薬 lit. Golden Wonder Drug); the third is Tsuchi no Hihou (土の秘宝 lit. Earthen Secret Formula); the fourth is Honoo no Shinpan (炎の神判 lit. Flame God's Judgement); and the last is Eda no Hyoushou (枝の表象 lit. A Branch's Emblem).

Characters

 * Hibino Megumi
 * Manki Teruichi
 * Renjou Makiyo

Publication History
All of the books were published under Shinchosha's Shincho Paperback label. The first was released in April of 2012, the second in November of the same year, the third in June of 2013, the fourth in December of that year, and the last in June 2014.

Trivia

 * The subtitles of the books feature the five elements of Wuxing: Water, Earth, Fire, Metal, and Wood.