Wait to be Written (; born 1995) is a Hong Kong web novelist known for writing sci-fi and fantasy fiction.
Biography Wait to be Written was born in Hong Kong in 1995 and later graduated from university with a bachelor's degree in English. She became interested in Hong Kong literature during her university years, which inspired her in writing and her writing style is strongly influenced by renowned local writers, such as Liu Yichang and Dung Kai-cheung. She wrote and published her first novel, The Boy who loves Eason Chan's songs (), on HKGolden and LIHKG in 2014. In 2017, she published Regret Amending Yorozuya (), an urban fantasy novel which became viral on the internet and received positive reception from the netizens. A paperback version was published in the same year, and the first edition had already sold out during the annual Hong Kong Book Fair. The novel had also been adapted into a stageplay and radio drama by 57 Studio and CUHK Campus Radio respectively. Three more novels which share a similar setting with Regret Amending Yorozuya were published in 2018, 2019 and 2021, namely We Met For Our Sins (), Short Tour () and Trust Receiver's Office (). After migrating to the United Kingdom, Wait to be Written pursued a writing career based in Taiwan and began writing a dystopian trilogy following Atonement Psychology, citing the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests as an influence on her work. In 2023, she won the for her novella 0037, becoming the third Hong Kong writer to receive this honor. In 2024, she published Department of Based on True Stories, the final installment of the dystopian trilogy, which revolves around a government department tasked with altering the truth and publishing fake news, and she won the with the novel.
Aside from writing web novels, Wait to be Written also served as an administrative executive for an acting company.
Bibliography Regret Amending Yorozuya (遺憾修正萬事屋; 2017) We Met For Our Sins (孽債府; 2018) Hanami (花見; 2019) Short Tour (時光短路; 2019) Atonement Psychology (人格試驗; 2020) Trust Receiver's Office (誠信破產管理局; 2021) Second Her Second Life (第二人妻; 2022) Fortūna (命運列車; 2022) Department of Based on True Stories (真人真事改編部; 2024)
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