Real name: Louis Cha (aka Tra Luong Dung)
Born: June 06, 1924
Children: 4 (two sons and two daughters)
Pen-name: Jin Yong (aka Kam Yung, Kim Dung)

The greatest wuxia writer and one of the most influential Chinese-language novelists. Co-founder of the Hong Kong daily Ming Pao, whom he started in 1959, he was the paper's first editor-in-chief and held this position until 1993, when he retired.

Cha's fiction, which are of the wuxia genre, has a widespread following in Chinese-speaking areas, including Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia. His fifteen novels and short fiction composed between 1955 and 1972 earned him a reputation as one of the finest wuxia ("martial arts and chivalry") writer ever. He is currently the best-selling Chinese author alive; over 100 million copies of his works have been sold worldwide (not including unknown number of bootleg copies).

Cha's works have been translated into Korean, English, Japanese, French, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Burmese and Thai and he has many fans abroad as well, thanks to the numerous adaptations of his works made into films, television series, and video games.

Jin Yong Novels

1. The Book and the Sword - (first published on The New Evening Post in 1955)

2. Sword Stained with Royal Blood - (first published on Hong Kong Commercial Daily in 1956)

3. The Legend of the Condor Heroes - (first published on Hong Kong Commercial Daily in 1957)

4. Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain -(first installment appeared on the first issue of Ming Pao in 1959)

5. The Return of the Condor Heroes - (1959)

6. Other Tales of the Flying Fox - (1960)

7. Swordswoman Riding West on White Horse -(first published on Ming Pao in 1961)

8. Blade-dance of the Two Lovers -(first published on Ming Pao in 1961)

9. Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre - (first published on Ming Pao in 1961)

10. A Deadly Secret - (first published on Southeast Asia Weekly in 1963)

11. Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils - (1963)

12. Ode to Gallantry - (1965)

13. The Smiling, Proud Wanderer - (first published on Ming Pao in 1967)

14. The Deer and the Cauldron - (1969-1972)

15. Sword of the Yue Maiden - (1970)