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.
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