Giddens Ko
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Ko in 2008
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| Native name | 柯景騰 |
| Born |
25 August 1978 Changhua County, Taiwan |
| Pen name | Jiubadao (九把刀) |
| Occupation | writer and film director |
| Language | Chinese |
| Citizenship | Taiwanese |
| Education | Bachelor of Management Studies, Master of Social Science |
| Alma mater |
National Chiao Tung University Tunghai University |
| Genres | horror, science fiction, romance |
| Notable works | You Are the Apple of My Eye, Café. Waiting. Love, The Tenants Downstairs |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Website | |
| www |
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Giddens Ko (simplified Chinese: 柯景腾; traditional Chinese: 柯景騰; pinyin: Kē Jǐngténg; born 25 August 1978), is a Taiwanese writer and film director. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Management from National Chiao Tung University and Master of Social Science from Tunghai University. Since he published his first book online, Ko has completed around 60 books, many of which have been adapted as films. He writes under the pseudonym of "Jiubadao" (九把刀), which means "nine knives".
Born on 25 August 1978 in Changhua County, Taiwan, Ko grew up as the second of three sons in Changhua, where his parents own a pharmacy. Ko discovered his love of writing when he penned a story as part of his university application. He started writing fiction in 1999, and posted most of his first works on the Internet. Ko struggled through the first five years of his writing career, before branching out into multiple genres, namely horror, science fiction, and romance. He writes 5000 words daily, and at his peak writing pace published one book per month for 14 consecutive months. This set of work helped Ko's popularity rise in Taiwan. Ko has compared himself favorably to Louis Cha, Gu Long, and Ni Kuang.
In 2008, Ko directed the film "LOVE", along with Vincent Fang, Chen Yi-xian and Huang Zijiao. In 2010, Ko directed the film "You Are the Apple of My Eye", based off his book The Girl We Chased Together in Those Years. In 2011, Ko adapted his "Killer" series into the film The Killer Who Never Kills. He produced a documentary focusing on Taiwan's animal shelters in 2012, titled Twelve Nights. In 2014, another of Ko's books was adapted into the film Café. Waiting. Love. The film adaptation of another of Ko's books, Kung Fu, was originally set to be released in 2014, but its release date was pushed back to 2015. In September 2015, Ko announced another book–to–film adaption, The Tenants Downstairs, was to be released in 2016.
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