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Miyabe was born in the Kōtō Ward of Tokyo , Japan and graduated from Sumidagawa High School. She started writing novels at the age of 23. In 1984, while working at a law office, Miyabe began to take writing classes at a writing school run by the Kodansha publishing company. Her debut work is considered to be her 1987 short story ''Warera ga Rinjin no Hanzai'' (我らが隣人の犯罪) She has been a prolific writer, publishing dozens of novels and winning many major literary prizes including the Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize in 1993 for '' All She Was Worth '' and the Naoki Prize in 1998 for ''Riyū'' (理由).

As of February 2006, Miyabe has three books released in English translation: '' Crossfire '' (published by Kodansha America), ''Shadow Family'' (original title: ''R.P.G.'') (published by Kodansha America), and ''All She Was Worth'' (published by Mariner Books).