Catherine Hanrahan is a Canadian writer,"A new twist on teaching English in Japan: Novel explores Tokyo's notorious love hotels". Edmonton Journal, July 9, 2006. whose debut novel Lost Girls and Love Hotels (2006) was a shortlisted finalist for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize in 2007."Hage, Behrens face off again". Montreal Gazette, February 8, 2007. The novel was based on her own experience living and working in Tokyo as an English teacher."Don't wear room shoes to walk on the seamy side". Victoria Times-Colonist, July 30, 2006. She works now at IES Enskede in Sweden as a teacher.
The novel was later optioned by Jean-Marc Vallée for adaptation as a feature film, which would have starred Kate Bosworth."Bosworth checking into Love Hotels". Edmonton Journal, December 11, 2009. The film was not made at that time, and it was not until 2017 that a new production was announced. William Olsson took over as director of Lost Girls & Love Hotels and Hanrahan adapted her own novel into the screenplay.
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