Fuyumi Ono
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Fuyumi Ono (小野不由美 Ono Fuyumi) is a Japanese novelist who is best known for writing the Twelve Kingdoms (十二国記 - Jūni Kokki) series, on which a popular anime is based. Her name after marriage is Fuyumi Uchida (内田不由美 Uchida Fuyumi), but she writes under her maiden name.
[edit] Biography
Ono was born in Ōita Prefecture, 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 story is titled Sleepless on Birthday Eve (バースデイ・イブは眠れない - baasudei ibu ha 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).
[edit] Works
- Tōkei Variant Story (東亰異聞 - Tōkei Ibun) (runner up for the 1993 Japan Fantasy Novel Award)
- The Demonic Child (魔性の子 - Mashō no Ko) Connected to the Twelve Kingdoms series
- Twelve Kingdoms series
- Shiki - Corpse Demon (屍鬼)
- Island of the Black Shrine (黒祠の島)
- Evil Spirit series (悪霊シリーズ - Akuryō series)
- Kura no Kami (くらのかみ)
- 17 Springs Passed (過ぎる十七の春 - Sugiru Jūshichi no Haru)
- Home, Green Home (緑の我が家 - Midori no Wa ga Ie)