![]() ![]() One of the editors at Sunmark became interested in the play and convinced Kawaguchi to convert it into a novel. “Before the Coffee Gets Cold” that was formerly a critically acclaimed play had to be adapted to a different writing style to become the best-selling novel. Similar to many Japanese authors such as Yukiko Motoya and Toshiki Okada, Toshikazu Kawaguchi started his career as a playwright before he became an author. “Das Magische Café from Droemer Knaur” the German version of the novel has been highly successful as had been the Chinese edition in Taiwan. Kawaguchi has sold the rights to the novel in more than nine jurisdictions including Turkey, China, Hungary, Germany, and the Czech Republic. The novel has sold more than 800,000 copies in his native Japan and has also been adapted into a movie. ![]() As a playwright, he wrote several critically acclaimed titles that include “Family Time,” “Sunset Song,” and “Couple.” He adapted his bestselling novel “Before the Coffee Gets Cold” from the play “1110 Productions” that was the winner of the grand prize at the 10th Suginami Drama Festival. He was formerly the director, producer, and writer for “Sonic Snail,” a small theatrical group. Toshikazu Kawaguchi is a Japanese literary fiction author born in 1971 in Osaka, Japan. ![]()
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