Asa Nonami

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.[1]

Asa Nonami
Born (1960-08-19) 19 August 1960
Tokyo, Japan
OccupationWriter
LanguageJapanese
Period1988–present
GenreCrime fiction, thriller, horror
Notable awardsNaoki Prize (1996)

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.[2]

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

Main works

Detective Takako Otomichi series
  • Novels
    • Kogoeru Kiba (凍える牙), 1996
      • The Hunter, Kodansha International, 2006. ISBN 9784770030252, OCLC 225652219
    • 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. ISBN 9781934287033, OCLC 144596946
  • Namida (涙), 2000
  • Chi no Hate kara (地のはてから), 2010

Short story collections
  • Karada (躯), 1999
    • Body, Vertical, 2012. ISBN 9781934287378, OCLC 753305836
  • 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)
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See also

Notes
  1. Nonami's Profile at the website of the Mystery Writers of Japan (in Japanese)
  2. "Asa Nonami - Words Without Borders". Words Without Borders. Retrieved 28 October 2018.

References
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