Prabda Yoon

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Prabda Yoon (born in 1973 in Bangkok) is a Thai writer, novelist, artist, graphic designer, magazine editor and screenwriter. He is the son of Nation Multimedia Group executive and editor Suthichai Yoon.

Prabda graduated from the Cooper Union School of Art in New York City in 1997. He worked as a graphic designer briefly in Manhattan before returning to Thailand for his required military service.

He then worked as a film columnist for Nation Weekend magazine. He wrote a script for the 1999 television mini-series, The Silk Knot, based on the mysterious disappearance of silk magnate Jim Thompson.

He has published collections of short stories, essays and novels. His screenplays include Last Life in the Universe, a 2003 film by director Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, as well as 2006's Invisible Waves, also directed by Pen-Ek.

In 2002, at the age of 29, he won the S.E.A. Write Award for his collection of short stories, Probability.

In 2004 he was commissioned by Thailand's Office of Art and Culture to write a piece on the 2004 tsunami, titled Where We Feel: A Tsunami Memoir by An Outsider.

He currently works from his flat in Bangkok's Phloen Chit neighborhood, which he also uses as headquarters for his own alternative publishing house, Typhoon Books.