Nury Vittachi
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Nury Vittachi | |
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![]() Vittachi on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival 2012 | |
Born | Ceylon | 2 October 1958
Occupation | Author |
Language | English |
Citizenship | Sri Lanka & Hong Kong |
Notable works | The Feng Shui Detective |
Spouse | Mary-Lacey Vittachi |
Children | 3 |
Relatives | Tarzie Vittachi (father) |
Nury Vittachi (born 2 October 1958 in Ceylon) is a journalist and author based in Hong Kong. He wrote the comedy-crime novel series The Feng Shui Detective as well as non-fiction works and novels for children.
Journalism career[]
In 2020, Vittachi published a book alleging that the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests were 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".[1]
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)[2]
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[]
- ^ Ling, Jasmine (24 November 2020). "Writer reveals CIA funding in HK protests". The Standard. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
- ^ "Writer reveals CIA funding in HK protests". The Standard.
External links[]
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Categories:
- Living people
- Hong Kong writers
- 1958 births
- Hong Kong people of Sri Lankan descent