Saeko Himuro (氷室 冴子) was a Japanese novelist, essayist, and playwright born in Iwamizawa, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan. During the 1980s and 1990s, she was one of the most popular authors released under Shueisha's Cobalt Bunko imprint. She is best known outside Japan for I Can Hear the Sea, later a Studio Ghibli movie. The cause of her death was determined as lung cancer.

Works

Novels

All titles published by Shueisha Cobalt imprint unless otherwise noted. 1970s 1980s 1990s

Essays

Translation

Collaboration

Play

Works made into television dramas

Work made into radio drama

Works made into films

Work made into anime

Manga

These manga were either written by Himuro or the original story idea was created by her.

Works made into manga

Work made into picture book

Works made into plays