As a child, Tang Chen-Wei was a Godzilla fanatic, and an avid reader of books on dinosaurs, monsters, and supernatural phenomena. Now, as an adult, he revisits his childhood obsessions in his writing. A translator by profession, Tang Chen-Wei also frequently writes for film, gaming, and monster websites. His published works include The Super Retro Compendium of Monsters, Kaiju Landfall Alert, a documentary Kaiju Land in Taiwan and the comic book adaptation of this novel, Does the Generalissimo Dine on Human Flesh?