Maki Minami

Maki Minami (南 マキ) is a Japanese manga author. She is best known as the author of manga series Special A.

History
Maki Minami was born in Saitama Prefecture in Japan.

In 2001, her short story Day Dream Believer (デイ・ドリーム・ビリーバー) 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 Faraway Blue (彼方の青).

Maki Minami's longest running series, Special A, began publication in 2003 and recently ended in 2009. Her current series, Seiyuu ka-! began serialization in Hana to Yume in 2009, after the completion of Special A. Her recent works also include the oneshot Ane☆Mone Seikaten (アネ☆モネ 生花店), which appeared in the April 2009 edition of The Hana to Yume.

Series

 * S・A - Published in 2003 and its serialization ended in 2009 in Hana to Yume, 17 volumes
 * You're My Girlfriend (キミはガールフレンド) - Published in 2004, 1 volume
 * Seiyuu ka-! (声優かっ！) - Began serialization Hana to Yume in June 2009.
 * Ane☆Mone Seikaten - Maki Minami Classic Short Stories (アネ☆モネ生花店～南マキ傑作短編集～) - Published in 2009, collects four oneshots previously published in Hana to Yume.
 * Ane☆Mone Seikaten (アネ☆モネ 生花店) - Originally published in Hana to Yume in 2009.
 * Everyday is a Treasure (毎日が宝物) - Originally published in Hana to Yume in 2005
 * Batsu-san (バツサン) - Originally published in Hana to Yume issue 24 of 2007.
 * Day Dream Believer (デイ・ドリーム・ビリーバー) - Originally published in issue 8 of The Hana to Yume in 2001.

One-shots

 * Day Dream Believer (デイ・ドリーム・ビリーバー) - Published in issue 8 of The Hana to Yume in 2001.
 * Faraway Blue (彼方の青) - Published in Hana to Yume's October 2001 issue, debut work.
 * Half-Potato (はんぶんポテト) - Published in Hana to Yume in 2002.
 * S-People (S-ピープル) - Published in Hana to Yume in 2002.
 * Lying Cinderella (うそつきなシンデレラ) - Published in Hana to Yume in 2003.
 * Shiawase Shokutaku (シアワセ食卓) - Published in issue 7 of Hana to Yume in 2003.
 * Incomplete Chorus (未完成 コーラス) - Published in 2003, included in volume 1 of Special A
 * Food Paradise (食の都) - Published in Hana to Yume in 2003, included in volume 11 of Special A
 * Warm Snow (雪、あたたか) - Published in Hana to Yume in 2004.
 * Everyday is a Treasure (毎日が宝物) - Published in Hana to Yume in 2005
 * Batsu-san (バツサン) - Published in Hana to Yume issue 24 of 2007.
 * Ane☆Mone Seikaten (アネ☆モネ 生花店) - Published in Hana to Yume in 2009.

Contributions

 * Ren'ai Shinanbu! ― Koisuru Shōnen Shōjo no Mikata (恋愛指南部!―恋する少年少女のミカタ) - Cover illustrations for volume 1-2; written by Hiroshi Ishikawa