Ong-art Ritpreecha is the real name of a man whose place of origin is in the South of Thailand, the location where Robusta coffee is cultivated.

 

He is a little bit over forty and has engaged in the circle of writing and publication for 30 years. It started from the time when he was a student at Suan Kulab High School. Along this career path, he has worked in various capacities such as a reporter, a columnist, an editorial staff, and an editor. He has taken all these roles alternately until today, the day when Chiang Rai province - the location where Doi Chaang Coffee is originated - has become his permanent domicile and so for his family.     

 

At present, he writes a column about films and songs in “Northern Citizen”, a local weekly magazine.   

 

He serves as a columnist for PENTHOUSE Magazine (Thai version) writing about movies and translating some articles from a foreign language.

 

He also writes a music column in HIP Magazine of Chiang Mai province.

 

He takes a rotation with other three columnists in writing a column named “Un Nueang Chak Naang” (A Critic on Movies) in the “Entertain” Magazine.

 

He occasionally sends stories and articles to some other magazines as well. He only does this when there is something he wants to write about, or when his friends ask him to do so.

 

He used to have a pocketbook published once before for the fist time in his life - “Chao Sua Lanna” (Famous Businesspersons of the North) launched in October 2006.

 

“Doi Chaang Coffee” is his second pocketbook but the first one that’s published in both Thai and English.