Est Em (えすとえむ, Esu to Emu, S and M, stylized as est em[2]) is the pen name of Maki Satoh,[3] a Japanese manga artist.
She made her debut as a professional manga artist with three yaoi collections after being scouted in art school.
She was a student of Rachel Thorn, who provided translations for some of the English licenses of her work.
[4] Her work has been praised as having unusual maturity and depth, both for yaoi and for manga in general.
In addition, her work Tableau Numbero 20, has been released by the Viz Media imprint Sublime.