Asa_Nonami Knowpia

Asa Nonami
Asa Nonami
Born	19 August 1960 (age 63); Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Writer
Language	Japanese
Period	1988–present
Genre	Crime fiction, thriller, horror
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.^[1]

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Detective Takako Otomichi series edit

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 edit

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 edit

Karada (躯), 1999
- Body, Vertical, 2012. ISBN 9781934287378, OCLC 753305836
Kinryōku (禁猟区), 2010

Film adaptations edit

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)

Notes edit

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

References edit

Profile at J'Lit Books from Japan
Nonami's Profile and Reviews of Now You're One of Us at Vertical, Inc.

External links edit

Twitter

[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.

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