Mariko Parade
Born in 1977 in Amakusa on the southern tip of Japan, [b]Kan Takahama[/b] completed her studies in contemporary art and made her debut in manga by entering a contest organized by the underground magazine [i]Garo[/i] in 2000. Her story, [i]Women Who Survive[/i] which opens this collection, won a prize and was published in 2001. Her worked appeared regularly after that and was collected in the album [i]Yellowbacks[/i] in 2002. That year she met Frederic Boilet and they collaborated on the book [i]Mariko Parade[/i] which was published in 2003 in Japan and later in many other languages. She married in 2006 and lives with her husband and works in Japan.[b]Fr[b]Fr?d?ric Boilet[/b] was born in 1960 in France. He debuted in 1983 and a decade later won the first yearly Kodansha Morning Manga Fellowship whence he moved to Japan where he still lives and works. [b]Kan Takahama[/b] was born in 1977 in Amakusa, Japan. Her debut story in 2000 was a prized entry in the famed underground magazine [i]Garo[/i]. She lives with her husband in Japan.