Kakuta Mitsuyo, one of Japan’s most popular writers, has won the Shibata Renzaburo Prize with her latest novel 紙の月 (“Paper Moon”), the Asahi reports.

Kakuta Mitsuyo, whose works that appear in English include Woman on the Other Shore and The Eighth Day, will also receive a a three million yen cash prize. The Shibata Renzaburo prize, established in the name of the bestselling historical fiction writer, is awarded to authors of all genres and honors a work of popular fiction of the past year.

“Paper Moon” is about a 41-year old bank employee who embezzles ten million yen and tries to escape Japan.