Hiroyuki Morioka

Hiroyuki Morioka (森岡 浩之) (born March 2, 1962, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese science fiction novelist.

Biography
In 1992, his first novel Yume no Ki ga Tsugeta nara ("If Only the Dream Trees Could Touch") appeared in Hayakawa Publishing's S-F Magazine. His short story "Spice" won the Hayakawa Award in 1993.

In 1996, he published his first long novel in three volumes, Seikai no Monshou (Seikai no Monshō/Crest of the Stars). In the next year 1997 Seikai no Monsho was awarded with Seiun Award at the Japan SF Convention. He released its sequel Seikai no Senki (Banner of the Stars), where he said that Seikai no Monsho was actually an overture to Seikai no Senki. Morioka had already suggested in Seikai no Monshou 2 that the entire series should narrate the life of Princess Lamhirh (aka Lafiel), from her birth to her eventual ascension to the imperial throne. Six volumes of Seikai no Senki are now available, with Morioka naming the first three the "Diahoc Trilogy", but the series itself has not yet finished. An English translation of "Seikai no Monshō/Crest of the Stars" has been published by Tokyopop, which came out from the fall of 2006 to May 2007.

Aside from the Seikai series, he published another Senki in 4 volumes, based on Japanese mythology, as well as a two-volume series, Seikai no Danshō (Fragments of the Stars), a collection of stories set in the same universe as the other two series.

His characteristics as a writer include a deep interest for linguistics (especially for conlangs), artificial intelligence, bitter humor, and well-designed world settings.

Stars (星界) Series

 * Crest of the Stars (星界の紋章)
 * Crest of the Stars I: Princess of the Empire (星界の紋章I 帝国の王女) (1996)
 * Crest of the Stars II: A Modest War (星界の紋章II ささやかな戦い) (1996)
 * Crest of the Stars III: Return to a Strange World (星界の紋章III 異郷への帰還) (1996)
 * Banner of the Stars (星界の戦旗)
 * Banner of the Stars I: The Ties That Bind (星界の戦旗I 絆のかたち) (1996)
 * Banner of the Stars II: What Needs Defending (星界の戦旗II 守るべきもの) (1998)
 * Banner of the Stars III: Dinner With Family (星界の戦旗III 家族の食卓) (2001)
 * Banner of the Stars IV: Cacophonous Space-Time (星界の戦旗IV 軋む時空) (2004)
 * Banner of the Stars V: The Fateful Inquiry (星界の戦旗V 宿命の調べ) (2013)
 * Banner of the Stars VI: Imperial Thunder (星界の戦旗VI──帝国の雷鳴) (2018)
 * Fragments of the Stars (星界の断章)
 * Fragments of the Stars I (星界の断章I) (2005)
 * Fragments of the Stars II (星界の断章II) (2007)
 * Fragments of the Stars III (星界の断章III) (2014)

The War Between Moon and Fire (月と炎の戦記) Series

 * The War Between Moon and Fire (月と炎の戦記) (1999)
 * The War Between Moon and Darkness 1: (月と闇の戦記一 退魔師はがけっぷち) (2001)
 * The War Between Moon and Darkness 2: (月と闇の戦記二 守護者はぶっちぎり) (2002)
 * The War Between Moon and Darkness 3: (月と闇の戦記三 神様はしらんぷり) (2004)

Gentle Purgatory (優しい煉獄) Series

 * Gentle Purgatory (優しい煉獄) (2005)
 * Gentle Purgatory 2: Town of noisy dead (優しい煉獄2 騒がしい死者の街) (2008)
 * Dream to See in Hell (地獄で見る夢) (2012)

Awards

 * Hayakawa Award (1993)
 * Seiun Award (1997)
 * Nihon SF Taisho Award (2015)