Chan Ho-Kei was born and raised in Hong Kong, where he still lives. He has worked as a software engineer, script writer, game designer, and editor of comic magazines. Chan’s first novel, The Man Who Sold the World, won the Soji Shimada Mystery Award and was published in five languages. His novel The Borrowed was published in more than ten countries, and has been acquired for a film by acclaimed director Wong Kar-Wai.
