Naoki Higashida is a Japanese writer and author of The Reason I Jump, a memoir he wrote at thirteen years old. The book has become his best-known work, translated into more than 30 languages and adapted for both stage and screen. The Economist has described him as probably the most widely read Japanese author after Haruki Murakami. Higashida is autistic and has written about his experiences and perspectives as an autistic person.