Bat Wah Lau

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Bat Wah Lau at a book expo in 2001
Bat Wah Lau at a book expo in 2001
Names
Known in English as: Christopher Woo
Known in Chinese as: 吳漢源
Government Romanization: Ng Hon Yuen
Jyutping: Ng4 Hon3 Jyun4
Pinyin: Wú Hànyuán
Pen name: 畢華流
Government Romanization: Bat Wah Lau
Jyutping: Bat1 Waa4 Lau4
Pinyin: Bǐ Huáliú

Christopher Woo (pen name: Bat Wah Lau) (born 1961) is a Hong Kong writer, currently a secondary school teacher teaching Chinese, a columnist, and a part-time writer.

His earliest work was reflecting his secondary school life as a student and gained his popularity among teenagers, while he was teaching. His later works include fictions reflecting his career as a teacher. Woo wrote several non-fictions in astrology and other subjects.

Woo is an enthusiastic player in board games like Dungeons & Dragons. He won the 1995 Monopoly World Champion held in Monte Carlo, subsequently writing a book about it, and helped a lot in promoting tabletop role-playing games in Hong Kong.

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