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Summary of choices

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The story so far

Nury's books

Dead Eric Gets a Virus

Twilight in the Land of Nowhen

The Feng Shui Detective

The Feng Shui Detective Goes South

The Feng Shui Detective's Casebook

Alfonso Fonso and the Tree of Good and Evil

The Shanghai Union of Industrial Mystics

The City of Dreams

Mozzle and the Giant

The Place You're Meant to

The World's Funniest

The Day It Rained Letters

The Paper Princess

May Moon

Classic Columns

What Kids Eat

Family Issues

A Boy Named Joy

What Asians Eat

Branding For Thieves

Filipino Wordplay

Xtreme Politeness

Who Is This Guy?

The Official Version

The Other One

A Really Funny Q&A

Two Types of Tears

Short stories

The Boy Who Could Not Finish a

Lateral Thinking Puzzles

Press reviews

Reviews From Around the World

Nury's Photo Gallery

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WHO IS THIS GUY, ANYWAY?
Just because his mom has heard of him, doesn't mean he's famous

The guy who started this website is an author who lives in Asia. What else do we know about him?
      Nury Vittachi, also known as Mr. Jam, has tens of thousands of books in print in many languages under various names and has been on television hundreds of times. 
      Hong Kongers are more familiar with "Mr. Lai See", people who follow the news media know "Nury Vittachi", young people at school know "Sam Jam the Story Man", and people who read columns in magazines know "The Spice Trader" or "the Travellers' Tales" man. 
      "In one sense, they are all my real name. In another sense, none of them are," he said. "I was actually born into a family surnamed Perera, but that's a name I have never used." For the derivation of his full name, which is Nuryana Samjam Perera de Lacey Vittachi, click here.

Official bio
Unofficial one
Q & A
Interview

Mr. Jam's Diary

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