Lan Siao, born in 1967, is a mystery novelist and doctor of obstetrics and gynecology whose novels combine medical knowledge and social concern. A founder of the Taiwan Detective Club (later renamed the Mystery Writers of Taiwan), he also created the now inactive information website Blue Mystery and Infertility. In addition to his classic masterpiece Mislocation, he is the author of Light and Shadow, The Blanketflower Murders, Murder on the Oriental Slow Train, and Intent to Kill and Grief in Kaohsiung.