is a Japanese manga author best known for the high school series Special A. Career Minami was born in Saitama Prefecture in Japan. In 2001, her short story received an Honourable Mention for Hakusensha's 25th Athena awards. She debuted in Hana to Yume'''s October 2001 issue with a short story titled . Maki Minami's longest running series, Special A, began publication in 2003 and ended in 2009. Her subsequent series, Seiyū ka-! began serialization in Hana to Yume in 2009, after the completion of Special A. Her recent works also include the oneshot , which appeared in the April 2009 edition of The Hana to Yume. On October 28, 2022, Minami will launch a new series titled Hisureba, Hana in Hakusensha's Melody'' magazine as part of the magazine's 25th anniversary. Works Manga References External links Interview featuring Maki Minami Year of birth missing (living people) Manga artists from Saitama Prefecture Living people Women manga artists Japanese female comics artists Female comics writers 21st-century Japanese women writers 21st-century Japanese writers