Mira W.

Terlahir sebagai Mira Widjaja, seorang dokter lulusan FK Usakti (1979) dan penulis novel yang begitu aktif. Karyanya begitu banyak. Yang terlaris Di Sini Cinta Pertama Kali Bersemi mencapai oplah 10.000, dan mengalami lima kali cetak ulang.

Sejumlah karyanya sudah difilmkan: Kemilau Kemuning Senja, Di Sini Cinta Pertama Kali Bersemi, Ketika Cinta Harus Memilih, Permainan Bulan Desember, Tak Kupersembahkan Keranda Bagimu, dll. Pemfilman karyanya mungkin karena faktor ayahnya, Othiel Widjaja, yang dulunya produser Cendrawasih Film.

Mira mengakui karyanya tidak mendalam. Karya-karyanya dipengaruhi oleh karya- karya Nh Dini, Marga T., Y.B. Mangunwijaya, Agatha Christie, Pearl S. Buck, dan Harold Robbins. Karena berasal dari lingkungan yang sama

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