Iain Maloney is a Scottish novelist, poet, journalist and editor based in Gifu Prefecture. His three novels, "The Waves Burn Bright," "Silma Hill" and "First Time Solo" are out now, as is his haiku collection, "Fractures."
Can’t wait for the new Murakami to be translated? Here are eight other Japanese authors you could check out while you're waiting for the next wild, wind-up, hardboiled sheep chronicle chase on the shore.
