Mahokaru Numata

Quick Facts

Intro

Japanese writer

Places

Japan

Writer Novelist

Work field

Literature

Gender

Female

Birth

1948

Place of birth

Ōsaka Prefecture, Japan

Age

77 years

Awards

Haruhiko Ōyabu Award

(2011)

The details (from wikipedia)

Biography

Mahokaru Numata (沼田まほかる, Numata Mahokaru, born 1948) is a Japanese crime fiction and horror writer.

There has been an iyamisu (eww mystery) boom in Japan since around 2012. Iyamisu (eww mystery) is a subgenre of mystery fiction which deals with grisly episodes and the dark side of human nature. Readers blurt out "eww" when they are reading iyamisu (eww mystery) novels. Mahokaru Numata, Kanae Minato and Yukiko Mari are regarded as representatives of the genre in Japan.

Works in English translation

Nan-Core (original title: Yurigokoro), trans. Jonathan Lloyd-Davies (Vertical. 2015. ISBN 978-1939130921)

Awards and nominations

2004 – Horror and Suspense Grand Prize: Kugatsu ga Eien ni Tsuzukeba (If September Could Last Forever )
2012 – Haruhiko Oyabu Award: Nan-Core
2012 – Nominee for Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel: Nan-Core

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