Kaori Yuki was born in Tokyo and started drawing at a very early age. Following her debut work, Natsufuku no Erie (Ellie in Summer Clothes), in the Japanese magazine Bessatsu Hana to Yume, she wrote a compelling series of short stories: Zankoku na Douwatachi (Cruel Fairy Tales), Neji (Screw), and Sareki Ôkoku (Gravel Kingdom).
