--- description: Marie Kondo is the #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up (also a best seller in Japan, Germany, and the U.K.) and was named one of TIME magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2015. She is the founder of the KonMari Method. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Marie Kondo ## Marie Kondo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Marie Kondo is the #1 New York _Times_ best-selling author of _The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up_ (also a best seller in Japan, Germany, and the U.K.) and was named one of TIME magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2015\. She is the founder of the KonMari Method. ## Marie Kondo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Jan 3, 2019 ### [7 Predictions for 2019 from Orrin Hatch, Andre Iguodala, Marie Kondo and More](https://time.com/5486270/2019-predictions-hatch-iguodala-kondo-bloom/) How the world will change, in politics, business and culture [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 26, 2018 ### [Marie Kondo's Newest Product Will Make 'Tidying' Easier Than Ever](https://time.com/5348480/marie-kondo-konmari-boxes/) 'Sometimes the simplest solutions are the most magical' Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/marie-kondo/","name":"Marie Kondo"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/marie-kondo/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/marie-kondo/"},"name":"Marie Kondo","jobTitle":null,"description":"Marie Kondo is the #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up (also a best seller in Japan, Germany, and the U.K.) and was named one of TIME magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2015. She is the founder of the KonMari Method.","url":"https://time.com/author/marie-kondo/","sameAs":["https://x.com/KonMari_Method"],"worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```