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Occupation
  
Writer

Name
  
Asa Nonami

Language
  
Japanese

Role
  
Fiction writer


Period
  
1988–present

Education
  
Waseda University

Movies
  
Howling

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Born
  
19 August 1960 (age 63) Tokyo, Japan (
1960-08-19
)

Genre
  
Crime fiction, thriller, horror

Books
  
The Hunter: A Detective Takako Otomichi Mystery, Now You're One of Us

Similar People
  
Yuka Murayama, Eto Mori, Rio Shimamoto, Sawako Agawa, Yoo Ha

Notable awards
  
Naoki Prize (1996)

Asa Nonami (乃南アサ, Nonami Asa, born 19 August 1960) is a Japanese crime fiction and horror writer. She is a member of the Mystery Writers of Japan.

Contents

Nonami attended Waseda University where she studied Sociology but dropped out to take a job at an advertising agency. She became a published author in 1988.

Works in English translation

Crime/thriller novels
  • The Hunter (original title: Kogoeru Kiba), trans. Juliet Winters Carpenter (Kodansha International, 2006)
  • Now You're One of Us (original title: Anki), trans. Michael Volek and Mitsuko Volek (Vertical, 2007)
    • Short horror story collection
  • Body (original title: Karada), trans. Takami Nieda (Vertical, 2012)

    • Awards

  • 1988 – The Japanese Mystery and Suspense Award (Nihon Suiri Sasupensu Taisho): Kōfuku na Chōshoku (A Happy Breakfast)
  • 1996 – Naoki Prize: The Hunter
  • 2011 – Chuokoron Prize for Literature: Chi no Hate kara

    • Detective Takako Otomichi series

  • Novels
  • Kogoeru Kiba (凍える牙), 1996 (The Hunter, Kodansha International, 2006)
  • Kusari (鎖), 2000
  • Kaze no Epitafu (風の墓碑銘), 2006
  • Short story collections
  • Hana Chiru Koro no Satsujin (花散る頃の殺人), 1999
  • Miren (未練), 2001
  • Warau Yami (嗤う闇), 2004

    • Standalone novels

  • Kōfuku na Chōshoku (幸福な朝食), 1988
  • Anki (暗鬼), 1993 (Now You're One of Us, Vertical, 2007)
  • Namida (涙), 2000
  • Chi no Hate kara (地のはてから), 2010

    • Short story collections

  • Karada (躯), 1999 (Body, Vertical, 2012)
  • Kinryōku (禁猟区), 2010

    • Film adaptations

    Japanese film
  • Heels of the Muse (2005) (Based on Nonami's short story Boku ga Juken ni Seikō Shita Wake (僕が受験に成功したわけ))
    • South Korean film
  • Howling (2012) (Based on Nonami's novel The Hunter)

    • References

    Asa Nonami Wikipedia
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