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You-Jeong Jeong

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You-jeong Jeong was born in Hampyeong, South Korea. She initially trained and worked as a nurse. She is now South Korea's leading writer of psychological crime and thriller fiction and is often compared to Stephen King and Raymond Chandler.

You-jeong is the author of four novels including Seven Years of Darkness, which was named one of the top ten crime novels of 2015 by the German newspaper Die Zeit.

Her work has been translated into Chinese, Japanese, French, German, Thai and Vietnamese. The Good Son is the first of her books to be translated into English.

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Keigo Higashino

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* Keigo Higashino
* 東野圭吾 (Japanese)
* 東野圭吾 (Traditional Chinese)
* ฮิงาชิโนะ เคโงะ (Thai)

Keigo Higashino (東野圭吾) is one of the most popular and biggest selling fiction authors in Japan—as well known as James Patterson, Dean Koontz or Tom Clancy are in the USA.

Born in Osaka, he started writing novels while still working as an engineer at Nippon Denso Co.　(presently DENSO). He won the Edogawa Rampo Prize, which is awarded annually to the finest mystery work, in 1985 for the novel Hōkago (After School) at age 27. Subsequently, he quit his job and started a career as a writer in Tokyo.

In 1999, he won the Mystery Writers of Japan Inc award for the novel Himitsu (The Secret), which was translated into English by Kerim Yasar and pu

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Dee Lestari

Dee Lestari, is one of the bestselling and critically acclaimed writers in Indonesia.
Born in January 20, 1976, she began her debut with a serial novel: Supernova in 2001. Supernova’s first episode, Kesatria, Putri, dan Bintang Jatuh (The Knight, The Princess, and The Falling Star), was sold phenomenally, achieving a cult status among Indonesian young readers. She has published four other episodes: Akar (The Root), Petir (The Lightning), Partikel(The Particle), and Gelombang (The Wave).
Aside of the Supernova series, Dee has also published a novel titled Perahu Kertas (Paper Boat), and three anthologies: Filosofi Kopi (Coffee’s Philosophy), Madre, and Rectoverso — a unique hybrid of music and literature.
Dee also has an extensive music caree

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Sōji Shimada

Japan language profile here 島田荘司
Russian language profile here Содзи Симада

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Gu Byeong-mo

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* 구병모 (Korean)
* Gu Byeong-mo (English)
* คูบยองโม (Thai)

Gu Byeong-mo is a South Korean writer. She made her literary debut in 2009 when her novel Wizard Bakery won the 2nd Changbi Prize for Young Adult Fiction. Her 2015 short story collection Geugeosi namaneun anigireul received the Today's Writer Award and Hwang Sun-won New Writers' Award.

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Dian Purnomo

Dian Purnomo lahir di Salatiga tanggal 19 Juli 1976. Dia menyukai membaca dan menulis sejak bisa membaca, mengasah kemampuan menulis dengan berbalas surat dengan kawan-kawan SD dan SMP-nya.
Mantan pekerja radio yang dibesarkan oleh grup Prambors dan FeMale radio ini, telah menulis 12 novel dan antologi cerita pendek.
Belajar tentang kriminologi khususnya perlindungan anak dan perempuan, juga keadilan lingkungan, membuatnya banyak merenung kembali tentang karya.

Kerja-kerja penelitian di isu-isu sosial, dari mulai perempuan dan anak yang dipenjarakan di Puska PA dan Kriminologi UI, kekerasan berbasis gender di Yayasan Gemilang Sehat Indonesia, perlindungan anak dan krisis iklim di Save the Children, migrasi aman, kesehatan seksual reproduksi

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Andreas Kurniawan

A psychiatrist with a sense of humor

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Rikako Akiyoshi

Rikako Akiyoshi (in Japanese, 秋吉理香子) studied literature at Waseda University and received her Master’s degree in Film and TV Production from Loyola Marymount University. Her debut work Snow Flower won the Yahoo! JAPAN literature prize and was adapted into a short film. She is the author of several works of fiction. The Dark Maidens has also been adapted into a movie.

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Altami N.D.

Altami N.D grew up and finished her education up to high school in Kediri. She has a bachelor degree from IPB University and master degree from Airlangga University. She is currently living in Tangerang with her husband, son, and twin daughter.

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You-Jeong Jeong

See also 정유정 .

You-jeong Jeong was born in Hampyeong, South Korea. She initially trained and worked as a nurse. She is now South Korea's leading writer of psychological crime and thriller fiction and is often compared to Stephen King and Raymond Chandler.

You-jeong is the author of four novels including Seven Years of Darkness, which was named one of the top ten crime novels of 2015 by the German newspaper Die Zeit.

Her work has been translated into Chinese, Japanese, French, German, Thai and Vietnamese. The Good Son is the first of her books to be translated into English.

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Chan Ho-Kei

Chan Ho-Kei 陳浩基 was born and raised in Hong Kong. He has worked as software engineer, scriptwriter, game designer and editor of comic magazines. His writing career started in 2008 at the age of thirty-three, with the short story ‘The Case of Jack and the Beanstalk,’ which was shortlisted for the Mystery Writers of Taiwan Award. He went on to win the award again the following year with ‘The Locked Room of Bluebeard.’

In 2011, Chan’s first novel, THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD, won the biggest mystery prize in the Chinese-speaking world, the Soji Shimada Mystery Award, and has subsequently been published in Taiwan (Crown), China (New Star), Japan (Bungeishunju), Thailand (Nanmee) and Italy (Metropoli d’Asia).

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Reiko Hiroshima

Reiko Hiroshima ( 廣嶋玲子)

Other languages:
- Korean: 히로시마 레이코
- Chinese: 广岛玲子

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Abi Ardianda

Known for 'Kelab dalam Swalayan’ (Night Club in the Convenience Store), which was named one of the top five reads by Indonesian authors by The Jakarta Post in 2021. This debut novel also won Best Debut Novel and Best Psychological Thriller at the Scarlet Pen Awards in 2021. Her second novel, 'Laila Tak Pulang’ (Laila Doesn’t Come Home), was a finalist for the Ayu Utami Awards RASA in 2023. The novel was also awarded Best Novel and Best Mystery Novel of 2023 by the Scarlet Pen Awards. Her books have been featured at the Makassar International Writers Festival 2024 and the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival 2024. She resides in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia.

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Lee KKoch-Nim

Associated Names:
* 이꽃님 (Korean)
* Lee KKoch-Nim (English)
* อีกดนิม (Thai)

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Uketsu

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* Uketsu
* 雨穴
* อุเก็ตสึ (Thai Profile)

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