Asa Nonami
# 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

### Detective Takako Otomichi series

* 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

* 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

* 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)
