From the back flap of Skies if Dawn:
Fuyumi Ono was born in Oita Prefecture, Japan. She graduated from Otani University with a major in Buddhist studies. During college she was a member of Kyoto University's mystery story club for readers and writers of the mystery genre. In 1988, she made her publishing debut in Kodansha's teen-targeted X-Bunko Teens Heart series. Besides The Twelve Kingdoms, Ono has written other novels in such genres as mystery and horror.