Asa Nonami
Japanese writer (born 1960)
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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]
Born19 August 1960
Tokyo, Japan
OccupationWriter
LanguageJapanese
Period1988–present
Asa Nonami | |
|---|---|
| Born | 19 August 1960 Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | Japanese |
| Period | 1988–present |
| Genre | Crime fiction, thriller, horror |
| Notable awards | Naoki 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
- Kogoeru Kiba (凍える牙), 1996
- 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)
