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.^[1]

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.^[2]

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)