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Asa Nonami

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Asa Nonami
Born (1960-08-19) 19 August 1960 (age 64)
Tokyo, Japan
OccupationWriter
LanguageJapanese
Period1988–present
GenreCrime fiction, thriller, horror
Notable awardsNaoki 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

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Crime/thriller novels
Short horror story collection

Awards

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  • 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

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Detective Takako Otomichi series

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  • Novels
    • Kogoeru Kiba (凍える牙), 1996
      • The Hunter, Kodansha International, 2006. ISBN 9784770030252, OCLC 225652219
    • Kusari (), 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

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  • Kōfuku na Chōshoku (幸福な朝食), 1988
  • Anki (暗鬼), 1993
  • Namida (), 2000
  • Chi no Hate kara (地のはてから), 2010

Short story collections

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Film adaptations

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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

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Notes

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  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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