Asa Nonami

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| occupation = Writer

| language = Japanese

| period = 1988–present

| genre = Crime fiction, thriller, horror

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| awards = Naoki Prize (1996)

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{{nihongo|Asa Nonami|乃南アサ|Nonami Asa|extra=born 19 August 1960}} is a Japanese crime fiction and horror writer. She is a member of the Mystery Writers of Japan.[https://web.archive.org/web/20131016055115/http://db2.dcube.co.jp/mystery/FMPro?-db=mystery_writer.fp5&-format=member_detail.html&-RecID=12836463&-max=1&-Find Nonami's Profile at the website of the Mystery Writers of Japan] {{in lang|ja}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://wordswithoutborders.org/contributor/asa-nonami|title=Asa Nonami - Words Without Borders|website=Words Without Borders|accessdate=28 October 2018}}

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
{{nihongo|Kogoeru Kiba|凍える牙|}}, 1996
The Hunter, Kodansha International, 2006. {{ISBN|9784770030252}}, {{OCLC|225652219}}
{{nihongo|Kusari|鎖|}}, 2000
{{nihongo|Kaze no Epitafu|風の墓碑銘|}}, 2006
Short story collections
{{nihongo|Hana Chiru Koro no Satsujin|花散る頃の殺人|}}, 1999
{{nihongo|Miren|未練|}}, 2001
{{nihongo|Warau Yami|嗤う闇|}}, 2004

=Standalone novels=

{{nihongo|Kōfuku na Chōshoku|幸福な朝食|}}, 1988
{{nihongo|Anki|暗鬼|}}, 1993
Now You're One of Us, Vertical, 2007. {{ISBN|9781934287033}}, {{OCLC|144596946}}
{{nihongo|Namida|涙|}}, 2000
{{nihongo|Chi no Hate kara|地のはてから|}}, 2010

=Short story collections=

{{nihongo|Karada|躯|}}, 1999
Body, Vertical, 2012. {{ISBN|9781934287378}}, {{OCLC|753305836}}
{{nihongo|Kinryōku|禁猟区|}}, 2010

Film adaptations

;Japanese film

Heels of the Muse (2005) (Based on Nonami's short story {{nihongo|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

References

[http://www.booksfromjapan.jp/authors/item/260-asa-nonami Profile] at J'Lit Books from Japan
[http://www.vertical-inc.com/books/nyoou.html Nonami's Profile and Reviews of Now You're One of Us] at Vertical, Inc.