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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

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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

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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

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Karada (躯), 1999
Body, Vertical, 2012. ISBN 9781934287378, OCLC 753305836
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



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

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