Isuna Hasekura
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is a Japanese author and student at Rikkyo University
. In 2005, Hasekura won the Silver Prize in the twelfth Dengeki Novel Prize
with his debut novel
Spice and Wolf
. The first volume was published the following year.
Rikkyo University
, also known as Saint Paul's University, is a private university, based on Christian precepts, in Ikebukuro, Tokyo. There is a suburban campus in Niiza in nearby Saitama.It is known for its liberal climate symbolized by the motto -History:...
. In 2005, Hasekura won the Silver Prize in the twelfth Dengeki Novel Prize
Dengeki Novel Prize
The is a literary award handed out annually by the Japanese publisher ASCII Media Works for their Dengeki Bunko light novel imprint. The contest has discovered many popular and successful light novelists, like Kouhei Kadono and Yashichiro Takahashi. Originally called the Dengeki Game Novel...
with his debut novel
Debut novel
A debut novel is the first novel an author publishes. Debut novels are the author's first opportunity to make an impact on the publishing industry, and thus the success or failure of a debut novel can affect the ability of the author to publish in the future...
Spice and Wolf
Spice and Wolf
is a Japanese light novel series written by Isuna Hasekura, with illustrations by Jū Ayakura. ASCII Media Works published 17 novels between February 2006 and July 2011 under their Dengeki Bunko imprint. ASCII Media Works reported that as of October 2008, over 2.2 million copies of the first nine...
. The first volume was published the following year.
Spice and Wolf series
- Volume One, February 2006, ISBN 4-8402-3302-0
- Volume Two, June 2006, ISBN 4-8402-3451-5
- Volume Three, October 2006, ISBN 4-8402-3588-0
- Volume Four, February 2007, ISBN 4-8402-3723-9
- Volume Five, August 2007, ISBN 978-4840239332
- Volume Six, December 2007, ISBN 4-8402-4114-7
- Volume Seven: Side Colors, February 2008, ISBN 4-8402-4169-4
- Volume Eight: Town of Confrontation (Vol. 1), May 2008, ISBN 978-4-0486-7068-5
- Volume Nine: Town of Confrontation (Vol. 2), September 2008, ISBN 978-4-0486-7210-8
- Volume Ten, February 2009, ISBN 978-4-0486-7522-2
- Volume Eleven: Side Colors II, May 2009, ISBN 978-4-0486-7809-4
- Volume Twelve, August 2009, ISBN 978-4-0486-7933-6
- Volume Thirteen: Side Colors III, November 2009, ISBN 978-4-0486-8140-7
- Volume Fourteen, February 2010, ISBN 978-4-0486-8326-5
- Volume Fifteen: Solar Gold Coin (Vol. 1), September 2010, ISBN 978-4-0486-8829-1
- Volume Sixteen: Solar Gold Coin (Vol. 2), February 2011, ISBN 978-4-0487-0265-2
- Volume Seventeen: Epilogue, July 2011, ISBN 978-4-0487-0685-8