Chan Ho-kei, a graduate in computer science from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and an international member of the Mystery Writers of Taiwan. In 2008, his short story The case of Jack and the Beanstalk was shortlisted for the 6th Mystery Writers of Taiwan Award. In 2009, he won the 7th Mystery Writers of Taiwan Award with his short story, The Locked Room of Bluebeard. In 2011, he won the 2nd Soji Shimada Mystery Award with his first novel, The Man Who Sold the World.