Asa Nonami

Asa Nonami (乃南アサ) 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

Detective Takako Otomichi series

 * Novels
 * Kogoeru Kiba (凍える牙), 1996
 * The Hunter, Kodansha International, 2006. ISBN 9784770030252,
 * 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

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

Short story collections

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