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{{Short description|Hong Kong writer}}{{BLP sources|date=November 2019}}{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}

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| birth_place = Ceylon| occupation = Author| language = English| nationality = | citizenship = Sri Lanka & Hong Kong| education = | alma_mater = | period = | genre = | subject = | movement = | notableworks = The Feng Shui Detective| spouse = Mary-Lacey Vittachi| partner = | children = 4| relatives = Tarzie Vittachi (father)| awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | portaldisp = }}Nury Vittachi (born 2 October 1958) is a science-fiction writer based in Hong Kong. He has written the novel series The Feng Shui Detective, as well as non-fiction works and novels for children.WEB, The Feng Shui Detective - Nury Vittachi - 9781741755374 - Allen & Unwin - Australia,weblink 2021-12-10, murdochbooks.com.au,

Journalism career

Vittachi started his career working for the Morning Telegraph in Sheffield.WEB, Nury Vittachi {{!, Life Without Limits|url=https://www.lifewithoutlimits.asia/nury-vittachi|access-date=2021-12-10|website=lifewithoutlimits|language=en}}He worked for the South China Morning Post as a humour columnist known as Lai See until 1997. WEB, Vittachi's daily humor column returning to Hong Kong,weblink 2021-12-10, n e x t e x t . o r g, He has been previously described as an "outspoken critic of China".WEB, Editor says China has decided to let Hong Kong,weblink 2021-12-10, The Irish Times, en, Vittachi has been part of the Hong Kong Young Writers' awards for over a decade. The awards encourage and promote literature among kids, ages 6 to 18, from various backgrounds and learning styles, attracting thousands of entries from Hong Kong, Macau and China.WEB, YLF-New Non-profit,weblink 2023-01-31, Hong Kong Young Writers Awards 2023, en, In 2020, Vittachi published The Other Side of the Story: A Secret War in Hong Kong, a book alleging that the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests were partially funded supported by the Central Intelligence Agency through the Oslo Freedom Foundation, the Albert Einstein Institution, and the Centre for Applied Nonviolent Action and Strategies and "revolution consultants".NEWS, Ling, Jasmine, Writer reveals CIA funding in HK protests,weblink 23 February 2021, The Standard, 24 November 2020,

Personal life

Vittachi was born in Sri Lanka to a Buddhist mother and Muslim father and currently resides in Hong Kong.WEB, Cheng-Tozun, Dorcas, Nury Vittachi,weblink 2021-12-10, ChristianityToday.com, en,

Bibliography

Non-fiction

• Reliable Sauce (1990)
• Only in Hong Kong (1993)
• Travellers' Tales (1994)
• Goodbye Hong Kong, Hello Xianggang (1997)
• The Ultimate Only in Hong Kong Collection (1998)
• Guardians of the Treasure House (1998)
• Riding the Millennial Storm (1998)
• North Wind (1999)
• City of Dreams (2006)
• The Kama Sutra of Business (2007)
• The Other Side of the Story: A Secret War in Hong Kong (2020)NEWS, Ling, Jasmine, Writer reveals CIA funding in HK protests,weblink 23 February 2021, The Standard, 24 November 2020,

Fiction

• The Hong Kong Joke Book (1995)
• Asian Values (1996)
• The Feng Shui Detective (2000)
• The Feng Shui Detective Goes South (2002)
• The Feng Shui Detective's Casebook (2003)
• The Shanghai Union of Industrial Mystics (2006)
• Mr. Wong Goes West (2008)
• The Curious Diary of Mr. Jam (2012)

Children's books

• Ludwig and the Chewy Chunks Café (1994)
• Robot Junior (1998)
• The Amazing Life of Dead Eric (2001)
• Dead Eric Gets a Virus (2002)
• The True History of Santa Claus (2004)
• The Day it Rained Letters (2005)
• The Paper Princess (2005)
• May Moon and the Secrets of the CPAs (2006)
• Mozzle and the Giant (2006)
• The Place You're Meant to Be (2006)
• The World's Funniest Book of Poems (2006)
• Twilight in the Land of Nowhen (2006)
• Jeri Telstar, The Homework Hero (2008)
• Jeri Telstar, And the Small Black Dog that Talked Like the President (2008)

References

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External links

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• the writers' village, "an Asia-based community centre for authors" established by Vittachi
• Vittachi's blog
• weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20070413122620weblink">A scholarly review of Vittachi's work by Dr Stuart Christie
• The Asia Literary Review
• The Hong Kong International Literary Festival

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