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.

1 Biography
2 Works
- 2.1 Novels
3 Related Links

[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^?).

According to an interview at the Anime News Network^[1], she is "currently rewriting a girls’ horror series (she) wrote long ago."

[edit] Works

[edit] Novels

Can't Sleep on Birthday Eve (バースデー・イブは眠れない) 1988 Kodansha
Mephisto and Waltz! (メフィストとワルツ!) 1988 Kodansha ISBN 978-4061902497, Continuation of Busy Day, Sleepless Night
Evil Spirits Aren't Scary (悪霊なんかこわくない) 1989 Kodansha ISBN 978-4061902572
Evil Spirit Series (悪霊シリーズ - Akuryō series) Kodansha
- There are lots of Evil Spirits?! (悪霊がいっぱい!?) 1989 ISBN 978-4061903111
- There are really lots of Evil Spirits?! (悪霊がホントにいっぱい!) 1989 ISBN 978-4061903654
- There are too many Evil Spirits to sleep?! (悪霊がいっぱいで眠れない) 1990 ISBN 978-4061904170
- There is only one Evil Spirit?! (悪霊はひとりぼっち) 1990 ISBN 978-4061904859
- I Don't Want to Become an Evil Spirit! (悪霊になりたくない!) 1991 ISBN 978-4061905948
- Don't Call me an Evil Spirit (悪霊と呼ばないで) 1991
- I don't mind Evil Spirits (悪霊だってヘイキ!) 1992 ISBN 978-4061986961
Charmed 17 year old (呪われた17歳) 1990 朝日ソノラマ
- 17 Springs Passed (過ぎる十七の春 Sugiru Jūshichi no Haru)1995 Kodansha ISBN 978-4062552011, an adaptation of Charmed 17 year old
Green Home Spirits (グリーンホームの亡霊たち) 1990年朝日ソノラマ刊
- Home, Green Home (緑の我が家 Home、Green Home) 1997 Kodansha ISBN 978-4062552943、an adaptation of Green Home Spirits
Demon's Child (魔性の子　Mashō no Ko) 1991 Kodansha ISBN 4-10-124021-3 Kind of associated with the 12 Kingdom Series
Twelve Kingdoms Series (十二国記) Kodansha unless otherwise noted
- Shadow of the Moon, Sea of the Shadow (月の影影の海) 1992 ISBN 4-06-255071-7 US Publication: 3/2007 Tokyo Pop ISBN 1598169467
- Sea of the Wind, Shore of the Labyrinth (風の海迷宮の岸) 1993 ISBN 4-06-255114-4
- Sea God of the East, Vast Sea of the West (東の海神西の滄海) 1994 ISBN 4-06-255168-3
- A Thousand Miles of Wind, the Sky of Dawn (風の万里黎明の空) 1994 ISBN 4-06-255175-6
- Aspired Wings (図南の翼) 1996 ISBN 4-06-255229-9
- Drifting Ship (漂舶) 1997 (short story)
- Shore at Dusk, Sky at Dawn (黄昏の岸暁の天) 2001 ISBN 4-06-255546-8
- Kashou's Dream (華胥の幽夢) 2001 ISBN 4-06-255573-5
  - Prosperity in Winter (冬栄) originally published 4/2001 IN☆POCKET
  - Kashou (華胥) originally published 5/2001 Mephisto
  - Jougatsu (乗月)
  - Correspondence (書簡)
  - Kizan (帰山)
London, 1888 (倫敦、1888) 10/1993 Logout
Strange Tōkei Tales (東亰異聞 - Tōkei Ibun) (runner up for the 1993 Japan Fantasy Novel Award) 1994 Kodansha ISBN 978-4101240220
Ghost Hunt Series (ゴースト・ハントシリーズ) A continuation of the Evil Spirit Series, but in a different setting
- Nightmare Dwelling (悪夢の棲む家) 1994 Kodansha ISBN 978-4062551564
Corpse Demon (屍鬼 Shiki) 1998 Kodansha ISBN 978-4103970026
Island of the Black Shrine (黒祠の島) 2001 Kodansha ISBN 978-4396331641
Kura no Kami (くらのかみ) 2003 Kodansha ISBN 978-4062705646
Ghost Stories Storybook (鬼談草紙) Serialized since June, 2000 in the magazine Yuu