Kenji Ueda is a Japanese novelist known for blending fantasy with the charm of everyday life. Born in Tokyo in 1969, he made his debut as a writer in 2021 with Teppan (The Iron Griddle), the revised version of a work he wrote in 2019 for the 1st Japan Delicious Fiction Award. When he is not writing, he works as an executive at a major manufacturer of health and beauty products.
<p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important;">For lovers of </span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important; font-style: italic !important;">Before the Coffee Gets Cold</span><span class="a-text-bold" style="color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important;"> and </span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important; font-style: italic !important;">Days at the Morisaki Bookshop</span><span class="a-text-bold" style="color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important;">, a new book about the beauty of humble objects, the power of writing, and reconnecting with those you have lost.</span></div><span class="a-text-bold" style=""><div style="text-align: center;"><font color="#0f1111" face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b><br></b></span></font></div><font color="#0f1111" face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: 14px;">Write your story, heal your heart . . .</b></div></font></span><span style="color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br>Hidden away in a corner of the Ginza neighbourhood is a venerable stationery shop. To venture inside is to find everything your stationery-loving heart desires, from the most delicate paper to fountain pens that fit exactly to the shape of your hand to gorgeously coloured inks. The shop owner intuits your every need, inviting you to take a seat at a small wooden table on the top floor, where you'll find the words flowing, helping you unlock repressed memories, secret longings and your own mysteries.<br><br>To this shop comes a young company employee, uncertain in his career and needing a connection back to his past; the hostess of an elegant club; the vice-captain of a high-school archery team, an ageing businessman and a formerly homeless sushi chef. With impeccable manners and a warm demeanour, the shop owner helps each of them with more than just their stationery needs.</span></p>
