Biography

Moto Hagio was born on May 12, 1949 in Omuta, Fukuoka, Japan. She is a writer, known for They Were Eleven (1986), Time Stranger (1986) and Illusion of Gaia (1993).

In 2012, she became the first female Manga author and artist to win the Japanese Government's Award of the Medal With Purple Ribbon, an award that honors academic and artistic achievements.

She was inducted into the Will Eisner Comics Hall of Fame in 2022.