Nury Vittachi is a journalist and author based in Hong Kong. His columns are published daily, weekly in a variety of newspapers in Asia as well as on his website. The most recent titles in his popular comedy-crime novel series, The Feng Shui Detective, are The Shanghai Union of Industrial Mystics (2006) and Mr. Wong Goes West (2008) which have been published in several languages. Vittachi has also written non-fiction works and novels for children including, The Day it Rained Letters and the Jeri Telstar series. Vittachi is active in the Asian literary community and is noted for his role in helping to found the Asia Literary Review, The Man Hong Kong International Literary Festival and the Man Asian Literary Prize.