A graduate of the Department of Computer Science at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Chan Ho Kei is an overseas member of the Taiwan Mystery Writers Association and a recipient of multiple literary honors, including the Taiwan Mystery Writers Association Award, the Shimamoto Shōji Mystery Novel Award, the Taipei International Book Exhibition Award, and the Hong Kong Literature Season Recommendation Award. His novel 13.67 topped both the Weekly Bunshun Mystery Best 10 and the Honkaku Mystery Best 10 in 2017, becoming the first Asian work to achieve this distinction.