is the professional name of , a Japanese writer. Onda has won the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers, the

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, the

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for Best Novel, the

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, and the

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. Her work has been adapted for film and television.

Early life and education

Onda was born in 1964 in

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, Japan but raised in

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. She graduated from

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in 1987 and worked in an office for several years, then quit her job to try writing a novel after reading Ken'ichi Sakemi's 1991 novel '.

Career

Onda made her literary debut in 1992 with the novel ', which was adapted into the 2000

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show ' starring

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and

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. More novels and adaptations followed, including the 1999 novel ', which was adapted into a 2002 film, and the 2000 novel ', which was adapted into a 2001 TBS television series starring

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. In 2005 Onda won the 26th Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers and the 2nd

Grand Prize for her novel ', a story about two half-siblings participating in their school's annual hike. ''Yoru no pikunikku'' was adapted into a 2006 film of the same name, directed by

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and starring

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. After being previously nominated for a 58th

for her book ''Q&A'' in 2005, Onda won the 59th

for Best Novel in 2006 for her murder mystery '. The next year she won the 20th

for her book ', a complex story about a playwright writing a play about a playwright who is murdered while writing a play. Onda's 2011 novel ' was adapted into the 2012 television drama

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, starring

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and shown on

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. An ''

'' film sequel, also starring

, premiered in 2014. In 2017, after having been nominated six different times for the

, Onda won the 156th

for her 2016 book ', a story about an international piano competition. ''Mitsubachi to enrai'' also won the

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Grand Prize in 2017. After winning the

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Onda visited her hometown of

and received a special award from Mayor Emiko Okuyama.

Recognition

* 2005 26th Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers * 2005 2nd

Grand Prize * 2006 59th Mystery Writers of Japan Award * 2007 20th

* 2017 156th

(2016下) * 2017 14th

Grand Prize

Film and other adaptations

Film

*', 2002 *', 2006 *'' Akumu-chan (悪夢ちゃん The夢ovie)'', 2014 * ''Listen to the Universe'' (Mitsubachi to enrai), 2019

Television

* ' * ', TBS, 2001 * ,

, 2012

Bibliography

Selected works in Japanese

* ',

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, 1992, * ', Tokuma Shoten, 1999, * ',

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, 2000, * ''Q&A'',

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, 2004, * ',

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, 2005, * ',

, 2006, * ',

, 2011, * ',

, 2016,

Selected works in English

* "The Big Drawer", translated by Nora Stevens Heath, ''Speculative Japan 2'', 2011 * "The Warning", translated by Mikhail S. Ignatov, ''Speculative Japan 3'', 2012 * ''The Aosawa Murders'', translated by Alison Watts, 2020 * ''Fish Swimming in Dappled Sunlight'', translated by Alison Watts, 2022

References

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