喬靖夫

简介

He is Jozev Lau, a Hong Kong novelist, originally named Lau Wai Ming, born on 6 February 1969 in Hong Kong. He received his primary education at Diya School and attended Cheung Sha Wan Catholic Secondary School, where he was in the same year as lyricist Chow Pak Yin. He graduated from the Department of Translation at City University of Hong Kong and worked in journalism translation, computer games, and scriptwriting, having served as a translator at the Express newspaper. He began practicing karate at the age of fifteen, reaching the brown belt level, and started learning Filipino stick fighting in 2009 as a weapon-based martial art. He is also known for writing pop song lyrics and won the Best Lyric Award from the Hong Kong Composers and Songwriters Association (CASH) in 2000 for the song "Deep Blue" (深藍). He is renowned for his novels centered on martial arts and combat, with his most notable work being "The Legend of Martial Arts" (武道狂之詩), a twenty-one volume series published by Skywalker Publishing. He also wrote the novel "Zen Killer" (殺禪), which took ten years to complete, earning him the nicknames "Jozev Encyclopedia" and "Hong Kong's Slowest Pen" from readers. In 2014, he joined the amateur basketball team "Mediators," composed of media professionals, and participated as a player in training and competitions. In 2011, he married his university classmate.