Jane Vejjajiva won the S.E.A. Write Award in 2006 for The Happiness of Kati, her first novel, published in 2003. The book is now in its 109th print run and has sold over 300,000 copies.

Born with cerebral palsy which limits her movement, she has always found comfort in books, which open to her an imaginary world. Her skills in languages led her to graduate with first class honours with a Bachelor of Arts in French literature from Thammasat University. She then studied French, English, and Italian at Translators and Interpreters School in Brussels. She started her career as a translator for a magazine publisher in 1988 before setting up her own publishing company that produced a children’s magazine until 1995. She now runs Silkroad Publishers Agency, a copyright agency, and works as a freelance translator.

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