Asa Nonami

Asa Nonami 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 novelsThe Hunter, trans. Juliet Winters Carpenter Now You're One of Us, trans. Michael Volek and Mitsuko Volek
;Short horror story collectionBody, trans. Takami Nieda

Awards

1988 – The Japanese Mystery and Suspense Award : Kōfuku na Chōshoku
1996 – Naoki Prize: The Hunter
2011 – Chuokoron Prize for Literature: ''Chi no Hate kara''

Main works

Detective Takako Otomichi series

Novels
* Kogoeru Kiba, 1996
** The Hunter, Kodansha International, 2006.,
* Kusari, 2000
* Kaze no Epitafu, 2006
Short story collections
* Hana Chiru Koro no Satsujin, 1999
* Miren, 2001
* Warau Yami, 2004

Standalone novels

Kōfuku na Chōshoku, 1988Anki, 1993

*Now You're One of Us, Vertical, 2007., Namida, 2000Chi no Hate kara, 2010

Short story collections

Karada, 1999

*Body, Vertical, 2012., Kinryōku, 2010

Film adaptations

;Japanese filmHeels of the Muse
;South Korean film

''Howling''