Fuyumi Ono
Fuyumi Ono | |
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Native name | 小野 不由美 |
Born |
Nakatsu, Ōita, Japan | December 24, 1960
Occupation | Writer |
Language | Japanese |
Genre | Fantasy, horror |
Notable works | The Twelve Kingdoms, Akuryo Series / Ghost Hunt, Shiki |
Spouse | Yukito Ayatsuji |
Fuyumi Ono (小野 不由美 Ono Fuyumi, born December 24, 1960 in Nakatsu, Ōita, Japan) is a Japanese novelist best known for writing The Twelve Kingdoms (十二国記 Jūni Kokuki) series, which was adapted into a popular anime series. She is married to Yukito Ayatsuji, the author of the horror novel Another.[1]
Biography
Ono was born in Nakatsu, Ōita, Kyūshū, in 1960. She graduated from Ōtani University in Kyōto with a degree in Buddhist Studies, and in 1988 was employed by the publisher Kōdansha. Her debut novel is entitled Sleepless on Birthday Eve (バースデイ・イブは眠れない bāsudei ibu wa nemurenai).
Ono is married to Naoyuki Uchida (内田 直行 Uchida Naoyuki), a mystery novelist who writes under the pseudonym Yukito Ayatsuji (綾辻 行人 Ayatsuji Yukito).[1]
Before she started work on The Twelve Kingdoms, Fuyumi Ono wrote The Demonic Child (魔性の子 Mashō no Ko), a horror novel about a boy from another world. She later worked certain events from this novel into the Twelve Kingdoms series. Short stories set in the various kingdoms include: Kasho (華胥), Toei (冬栄), Shokan (書簡), Kizan (帰山) and Jogetsu (乗月). In February, 2008, a new Twelve Kingdoms short story, "Hisho no Tori" (丕緒の鳥) was published in Shinchosha's Yomyom magazine.[2]
On March 18, 2007, according to an interview at the Anime News Network,[3] she is "currently rewriting a girls’ horror series (she) wrote long ago".
Major works
- Akuryo Series (1989–92, 8 light novel volumes, Kodansha)
- Ghost Hunt (also known as Nightmare Dwelling) (1994, 2 light novel volumes, Kodansha)[4] – continuation of Akuryo Series but in a different setting
- The Twelve Kingdoms (1992–2013, 8 novels and 2 short story collections, Kodansha)
- Shiki (1998, 2 light novel volumes and 11 manga volumes)
References
- 1 2 Takahashi, Yukari. インタビュー 綾辻行人 [Interview - Yukito Ayatsuji] (in Japanese). Edit. Archived from the original on June 2, 2015. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
- ↑ Yom Yom Official site
- ↑ "Fuyumi Ono Interview". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2007-03-18.
- ↑ "Ghost Hunt". (November 2006) Newtype USA. p. 19.
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