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Zita Law
Author Zita Law is a prolific writer best known for her New Age romance novels, penned under the name “Deep Snow.” She has written more than 100 books, including “The Pawnshop No. 8,” which was adapted into a TV drama. She tells Isabelle Hon about her ideal partner, why she thinks men should pay for dates—and changing fate.
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I grew up in a happy family. I was good academically—I majored in history but my goal was always to become a writer.
I started as a contributing writer in my first year of university. I wrote 5,000 to 10,000 words a week for newspapers like the Oriental Daily.
Later I had my own column in Fresh Weekly. They paid me $800 for each short story. That was around $3,200 each month, which was quite good at the time.
When I was 21, I became a reporter for Yes! magazine. My main job was to write ghost stories, and also to find pretty and talented models for photoshoots.
After this, I worked in PR for four years. I carried on writing my short story columns in Ming Pao, Amoeba magazine and Sisters magazine.
I quit my job at 28 to focus on writing novels. As of now I have published more than 100 books.
Most stories I write are gothic, New Age romance. It’s pretty dark. Readers call me the “magical novel queen.”
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