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Nagaru Tanigawa

Nagaru Tanigawa is the author of the Haruhi Suzumiya series of light novels. He was born on December 19, 1970 and is a graduate of Kwansei Gakuin University law school. The first novel volume of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya was published on June 6, 2003 by Kadokawa Shoten. It gained notable attention when it won the grand prize at the eighth annual Sneaker Awards. Tanigawa has worked on other light novels over the years, but many have been on hiatus.
A list of his other literary works include:
The Guardian of my World (Boku no Sekai wo Mamoru Hito)
Let’s Leave the School (Gakkou wo Deyo!?)
Dengeki Aegis 5
The Closed Universe (Zetsubokei Tojirareta Sekai)

Tanigawa is also currently working on a manga called Kagerou Meikyu which has a few similar character archetypes to the Haruhi Suzumiya series.

Noizi Ito is the artist who has provided illustrations the Haruhi Suzumiya novels. Her work can also be seen for the Shakugan no Shana novel series, another light novel which has been adapted into an anime series. Gallery of Noizi Ito’s Haruhi Suzumiya artwork