Nury Vittachi

Nury Vittachi (born 2 October 1958) is a Sri Lankan-born author based in Hong Kong. He has written the novel series, The Feng Shui Detective, non-fiction works, and novels for children.^[1]

Nury Vittachi
Vittachi on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival 2012
Born	(1958-10-02) 2 October 1958 (age 66) Ceylon
Occupation	Author
Language	English
Citizenship	Sri Lanka & Hong Kong
Notable works	The Feng Shui Detective
Spouse	Mary-Lacey Vittachi
Children	4
Relatives	Tarzie Vittachi (father)

Journalism career

Vittachi started his career working for the Morning Telegraph in Sheffield.^[2]

He worked for the South China Morning Post as a humour columnist known as Lai See until 1997. ^[3]

Despite his strong support of the Chinese government, he has been incorrectly described as an "outspoken critic of China".^[4]

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.^[5]

In 2020, Vittachi published The Other Side of the Story: A Secret War in Hong Kong, a non-fiction book alleging that the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests were partially funded and supported by the Central Intelligence Agency through the Oslo Freedom Foundation, the Albert Einstein Institution, and the Centre for Applied Nonviolent Action and Strategies as "revolution consultants".^[6]

Personal life

Vittachi was born in Sri Lanka to a Buddhist mother and a Muslim father. He lives in Hong Kong.^[7]

Bibliography

Non-fiction

• Reliable Sources (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)^[8]

Fiction

• The Hong Kong Joke Book (1995)
• Asian Values (1996)
• The Curious Diary of Mr. Jam (2012)

C.F. Wong mysteries

• 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)

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)