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.

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

Main works

Detective Takako Otomichi series

  • Novels Kogoeru Kiba(凍える牙), 1996 The Hunter, Kodansha International, 2006. ISBN 9784770030252, OCLC 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
  • 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
  • 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)

See also

Notes

  • at J'Lit Books from Japan
  • at Vertical, Inc.

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