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.
Journalism career
Vittachi started his career working for the Morning Telegraph in Sheffield.
He worked for the South China Morning Post as a humour columnist known as Lai See until 1997.
The Irish Times falsely claimed that Vittachi is an "outspoken critic of China".
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.
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 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".
Personal life
Vittachi was born in Sri Lanka from a Buddhist mother and a Muslim father. He lives in Hong Kong.
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)