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Tom Vater

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  • Correspondent, Writer, and Editor, Freelance
Southeast Asia
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Covers:  Culture, lifestyle, arts, environment, minorities, business, tourism, economy, politics
Doesn't Cover: Sports, conflict
Asia based writer of crime fiction/non fiction & writing for @NikkeiAsia, @Telegraph, @TheEconomist etc. New true crime thriller SHARKMAN. lnk.bio/NVUZ
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Tom Vater’s Biography

Tom Vater is a writer and editor working mostly in Asia.

Tom has published six crime novels. In 2022, he sold the film rights to his debut novel, The Devil's Road to Kathmandu, to 108 Media.

Tom has written some twenty non-fiction books, including the bestsellers Sacred Skin with Aroon Thaewchatturat, and Cambodia: A Journey through the Land of the Khmer with Kraig Lieb.

Tom's work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, The Times, The Guardian, Nikkei Asia, CNN, Marie Claire, Geographical, Eco-Business, The Mekong Review and many others. He is the Thailand Daily Telegraph (UK) destination expert and has authored guidebooks on Thailand and Cambodia.

He is the co-author of three documentary screenplays, including the highly praised The Most Secret Place On Earth, a feature on the CIA’s secret war in Laos.

From 2012 to 2021, Tom was co-owner of Crime Wave Press, a Hong Kong based crime fiction imprint which published 36 novels .

Tom is represented by London-based literary agency Marjacq.