Freddy Fu-Jui Tang was a lawyer for five years before he moved overseas to study screenwriting and directing at CalArts. Within his distinctly social realist and humanist writing, the legal system becomes a device that frames the human dilemmas of his characters. Port of Lies is his first novel. He is also the screenwriter and director for the Port of Lies television adaptation, The Attorney from Bachimen, slated for 2023 release.