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.

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

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

• Japanese detective fiction

Notes

References

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

External links

• Twitter