Jozev Kiu

Kiu was born Lau Wai-ming in 1969 in Hong Kong.{{Cite web |url=https://www.hkreadingcity.net/resource/58a655088d5b489f213c986e |title=武道狂之外。喬靖夫 |date=20 February 2017 |website=Hong Kong Education City |access-date=6 May 2024 |language=zh}} He had his secondary education at Cheung Sha Wan Catholic Secondary School and was classmate with musician {{ill|Adrian Chow|zh|周博賢}}.{{Cite web |url=https://topick.hket.com/article/2938365/%E3%80%90%E9%96%8B%E5%BF%83%E9%80%9F%E9%81%9E%E3%80%91%E5%BC%B5%E6%98%8E%E5%81%89%E5%8A%87%E5%85%A7%E5%A4%96%E9%83%BD%E5%B1%AC%E8%B3%87%E5%84%AA%E7%94%9F%E3%80%80%E9%95%B7%E6%B2%99%E7%81%A3%E5%A4%A9%E4%B8%BB%E6%95%99%E8%8B%B1%E6%96%87%E4%B8%AD%E5%AD%B8%E7%95%A2%E6%A5%AD%E5%85%A5%E7%BE%8E%E5%9C%8B%E5%90%8D%E7%89%8C%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%B8%E3%80%90%E6%9C%89%E7%89%87%E3%80%91 |title=【開心速遞】張明偉劇內外都屬資優生 長沙灣天主教英文中學畢業入美國名牌大學【有片】 |date=22 April 2021 |website=TOPick |access-date=28 September 2022 |archive-date=2 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220802073655/https://topick.hket.com/article/2938365/%E3%80%90%E9%96%8B%E5%BF%83%E9%80%9F%E9%81%9E%E3%80%91%E5%BC%B5%E6%98%8E%E5%81%89%E5%8A%87%E5%85%A7%E5%A4%96%E9%83%BD%E5%B1%AC%E8%B3%87%E5%84%AA%E7%94%9F%E3%80%80%E9%95%B7%E6%B2%99%E7%81%A3%E5%A4%A9%E4%B8%BB%E6%95%99%E8%8B%B1%E6%96%87%E4%B8%AD%E5%AD%B8%E7%95%A2%E6%A5%AD%E5%85%A5%E7%BE%8E%E5%9C%8B%E5%90%8D%E7%89%8C%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%B8%E3%80%90%E6%9C%89%E7%89%87%E3%80%91 |url-status=live }} He began learning karate when he was 15 and spent most of his secondary school life on basketball, gaming and reading manga.{{Cite web |url=https://sports.ettoday.net/news/485876 |title=運動非主流／空手道精神 啟蒙喬靖夫作家路 |date=10 March 2015 |website=ETtoday |access-date=28 September 2022 |archive-date=11 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111195032/http://sports.ettoday.net/news/485876 |url-status=live }} He later attended The City University of Hong Kong and graduated with a bachelor's degree in translation.{{Cite web |url=https://hd.stheadline.com/news/columns/61/20160111/413649/%E5%B0%88%E6%AC%84-%E7%B4%85%E4%BA%BA%E7%86%B1%E4%BA%8B-%E6%89%93%E5%87%BA%E4%B8%80%E7%89%87%E5%A4%A9-%E5%96%AC%E9%9D%96%E5%A4%AB%E6%96%B0%E6%AD%A6%E4%BF%A0%E6%8E%8C%E9%96%80%E4%BA%BA |title=紅人熱事——打出一片天 喬靖夫新武俠掌門人 |date=11 June 2016 |website=Headline Daily |author=黃子翔 |access-date=28 September 2022 |archive-date=28 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928085222/https://hd.stheadline.com/news/columns/61/20160111/413649/%E5%B0%88%E6%AC%84-%E7%B4%85%E4%BA%BA%E7%86%B1%E4%BA%8B-%E6%89%93%E5%87%BA%E4%B8%80%E7%89%87%E5%A4%A9-%E5%96%AC%E9%9D%96%E5%A4%AB%E6%96%B0%E6%AD%A6%E4%BF%A0%E6%8E%8C%E9%96%80%E4%BA%BA |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://hk.news.yahoo.com/jordan-brand%E5%A4%A7%E5%B0%88%E7%B1%83%E7%90%83%E8%B3%BD-%E6%B5%B8%E5%A4%A7%E4%B8%BB%E5%A0%B4%E6%93%8A%E6%95%97%E4%B8%83%E4%BA%BA%E5%9F%8E%E5%A4%A7%E8%BA%8B%E8%BA%AB%E5%9B%9B%E5%BC%B7-160941886.html |title=【JORDAN BRAND大專籃球賽】浸大主場擊敗七人城大躋身四強 |date=8 August 2017 |website=Yahoo! News |access-date=28 September 2022 |archive-date=28 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928085221/https://hk.news.yahoo.com/jordan-brand%E5%A4%A7%E5%B0%88%E7%B1%83%E7%90%83%E8%B3%BD-%E6%B5%B8%E5%A4%A7%E4%B8%BB%E5%A0%B4%E6%93%8A%E6%95%97%E4%B8%83%E4%BA%BA%E5%9F%8E%E5%A4%A7%E8%BA%8B%E8%BA%AB%E5%9B%9B%E5%BC%B7-160941886.html |url-status=live }}

Kiu started to write Wuxia fiction and completed his first novel, The Unparalleled Statesman (Chinese: 國士無雙), during his university years. Kiu published his debut novel The Blade of the Phantom Kingdom (Chinese: 幻國之刃) in 1996, and he began to receive public attention. He later also wrote The Vampire Hunter’s Diaries (Chinese: 吸血鬼獵人日誌) and The Killing Zen (Chinese: 殺禪), which the latter took Kiu ten years to finish. The lengthy writing process earned him the nickname of "Hong Kong’s most procrastinated writer" (Chinese: 香江第一遲筆).

In 2008, he published another novel series, {{ill|Blood and Steel (novel)|lt=Blood and Steel|zh|武道狂之詩}}. The series was perceived as a milestone of the reformed Hong Kong wuxia genre as it differed from the traditional Wuxia fiction which put emphasis on the code of chivalry and Chinese traditions.{{Cite web |url=https://www.hk01.com/%E6%B7%B1%E5%BA%A6%E5%A0%B1%E9%81%93/255263/%E9%87%91%E5%BA%B8%E9%80%9D%E4%B8%96-%E7%9C%8B%E9%87%91%E5%BA%B8%E5%B0%8F%E8%AA%AA%E9%95%B7%E5%A4%A7-%E5%9C%A8%E5%B7%A8%E4%BA%BA%E8%82%A9%E8%86%80%E4%B8%8A%E5%BB%B6%E7%BA%8C%E6%AD%A6%E4%BF%A0%E5%A4%A2 |title=【金庸逝世】看金庸小說長大　在巨人肩膀上延續武俠夢 |date=7 November 2018 |website=HK01 |author=伍麗微 |access-date=24 April 2025 |language=zh}} Kiu was also one of the few wuxia novelists who possessed a martial arts background, and the realistic action sequences in the novel series received universal praise. After the success of Blood and Steel, Kiu was widely regarded as a leading figure of the "New Wuxia" genre in the post-Jin Yong era.

Kiu had also composed lyrics for Cantopop songs since 1998. He won the Yearly Best Lyricist Prize of the Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong in 2000 with Candy Lo's Dark Blue.{{Cite web |url=https://www.stheadline.com/film-drama/3341514/%E4%B9%9D%E9%BE%8D%E5%9F%8E%E5%AF%A8%E4%B9%8B%E5%9C%8D%E5%9F%8E%E4%B8%A8%E9%9B%99%E5%88%80%E9%98%BF%E4%B8%83%E7%AB%9F%E6%98%AF%E5%90%8D%E5%B0%8F%E8%AA%AA%E5%AE%B6%E8%8F%B2%E5%BE%8B%E8%B3%93%E9%AD%94%E6%9D%96%E6%95%99%E7%B7%B4%E5%B0%8D%E6%88%B0%E6%B4%AA%E9%87%91%E5%AF%B6%E6%88%90%E4%BA%AE%E9%BB%9E |title=九龍城寨之圍城丨雙刀「阿七」竟是名小說家！菲律賓魔杖教練對戰洪金寶成亮點 |date=5 May 2024 |website=Sing Tao Daily |access-date=8 May 2024 |language=zh}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.cash.org.hk/hk/content/web.do?id=ff80808110e292b70110e55b83980027|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120723015027/http://www.cash.org.hk/hk/content/web.do?id=ff80808110e292b70110e55b83980027|archive-date=23 July 2012|title=Official website of the Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong |website=Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong |url-status=dead}}

Kiu is skilled in karate, Wing Chun and Eskrima. He obtained a brown belt in karate,{{Cite web |url=https://lj.hkej.com/lj2017/artculture/article/id/1291767/%E4%B9%9F%E6%96%87%E4%B9%9F%E6%AD%A6%E5%96%AC%E9%9D%96%E5%A4%AB |title=也文也武喬靖夫 |date=3 May 2016 |website=Hong Kong Economic Journal |access-date=28 September 2022 |archive-date=28 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928103000/https://lj.hkej.com/lj2017/artculture/article/id/1291767/%E4%B9%9F%E6%96%87%E4%B9%9F%E6%AD%A6%E5%96%AC%E9%9D%96%E5%A4%AB |url-status=live }} and began practicing Eskrima since 2009, later participating in several international competitions.{{Cite web |url=https://jet.my-magazine.me/article/detail/interview/11195 |title=唯快不破老而堅 喬靖夫 |date=10 October 2019 |website=Jet Magazine |last=Wong |first=Nic |access-date=28 September 2022 |archive-date=28 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928085226/https://jet.my-magazine.me/article/detail/interview/11195 |url-status=live }} He had also received professional training in the Philippines in 2012, and served as a guest host of the RTHK martial arts documentary series, Kung Fu Quest (Chinese: 功夫傳奇), for several years. Kiu also co-founded and taught at Kalis Brotherhood, an Eskrima coaching school.{{Cite web |url=https://www.hk01.com/%E6%AD%A6%E5%82%99%E5%BF%97/394903/%E8%8F%B2%E5%BE%8B%E8%B3%93%E9%AD%94%E6%9D%96-%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E5%86%A0%E8%BB%8D%E5%B8%AB%E5%BE%92andy-%E6%B0%91%E5%AE%89-%E6%89%93%E7%A0%B4%E9%AB%98%E7%89%86%E7%99%BC%E5%B1%95%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E9%AD%94%E6%9D%96 |title=【菲律賓魔杖】世界冠軍師徒Andy 民安︰打破高牆發展香港魔杖 |date=5 November 2019 |website=HK01 |author=李嘉譽 |access-date=28 September 2022 |archive-date=28 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028063120/https://www.hk01.com/%E6%AD%A6%E5%82%99%E5%BF%97/394903/%E8%8F%B2%E5%BE%8B%E8%B3%93%E9%AD%94%E6%9D%96-%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E5%86%A0%E8%BB%8D%E5%B8%AB%E5%BE%92andy-%E6%B0%91%E5%AE%89-%E6%89%93%E7%A0%B4%E9%AB%98%E7%89%86%E7%99%BC%E5%B1%95%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E9%AD%94%E6%9D%96 |url-status=live }}

Kiu was invited by filmmaker Wilson Yip, who had approached him to adapt his novels but ended up in development hell years ago, to join the production of the 2024 martial arts film Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In, as the crew was seeking an unfamiliar face with sufficient martial arts skills for the role, and Kiu accepted the offer.{{Cite web |url=https://news.mingpao.com/pns/%E5%89%AF%E5%88%8A/article/20240505/s00005/1714838691149/%E4%B8%80%E5%80%8B%E4%BD%9C%E5%AE%B6-%E9%97%96%E5%85%A5%E6%AD%A6%E6%89%93%E9%9B%BB%E5%BD%B1%E8%A1%97%E9%81%93 |title=一個作家，闖入武打電影街道 |date=5 May 2024 |website=Ming Pao |last=Kiu |first=Jozev |access-date=6 May 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=6 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240506005826/https://news.mingpao.com/pns/%e5%89%af%e5%88%8a/article/20240505/s00005/1714838691149/%e4%b8%80%e5%80%8b%e4%bd%9c%e5%ae%b6-%e9%97%96%e5%85%a5%e6%ad%a6%e6%89%93%e9%9b%bb%e5%bd%b1%e8%a1%97%e9%81%93 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.hk01.com/%E9%9B%BB%E5%BD%B1/1016288/%E4%B9%9D%E9%BE%8D%E5%9F%8E%E5%AF%A8-%E9%98%BF%E4%B8%83%E9%9B%99%E5%88%80%E8%AD%B7%E4%B8%BB%E6%88%90mvp-%E5%96%AC%E9%9D%96%E5%A4%AB%E6%96%87%E6%AD%A6%E9%9B%99%E5%85%A8%E6%93%85%E9%95%B7%E8%8F%B2%E5%BE%8B%E8%B3%93%E9%AD%94%E6%9D%96 |title=九龍城寨｜阿七雙刀護主成MVP　喬靖夫文武雙全擅長菲律賓魔杖 |date=4 May 2024 |website=HK01 |author=許育民 |access-date=6 May 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=4 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240504181953/https://www.hk01.com/%E9%9B%BB%E5%BD%B1/1016288/%E4%B9%9D%E9%BE%8D%E5%9F%8E%E5%AF%A8-%E9%98%BF%E4%B8%83%E9%9B%99%E5%88%80%E8%AD%B7%E4%B8%BB%E6%88%90mvp-%E5%96%AC%E9%9D%96%E5%A4%AB%E6%96%87%E6%AD%A6%E9%9B%99%E5%85%A8%E6%93%85%E9%95%B7%E8%8F%B2%E5%BE%8B%E8%B3%93%E9%AD%94%E6%9D%96 |url-status=live }} He portrayed Double Blade, a restaurateur and butcher who was secretly a skillful swordsman loyal to Cyclone, the chief guardian of the Walled City, played by Louis Koo.{{Cite web |url=https://news.mingpao.com/pns/%E5%89%AF%E5%88%8A/article/20240505/s00005/1714838691998/%E5%AE%B6%E6%98%8E%E9%9B%9C%E6%84%9F-%E3%80%8A%E4%B9%9D%E9%BE%8D%E5%9F%8E%E5%AF%A8%E4%B9%8B%E5%9C%8D%E5%9F%8E%E3%80%8B-%E6%BC%82%E4%BA%AE%E7%97%9B%E5%BF%AB |title=家明雜感：《九龍城寨之圍城》 漂亮痛快 |date=5 May 2024 |website=Ming Pao |access-date=6 May 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=6 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240506005535/https://news.mingpao.com/pns/%e5%89%af%e5%88%8a/article/20240505/s00005/1714838691998/%e5%ae%b6%e6%98%8e%e9%9b%9c%e6%84%9f-%e3%80%8a%e4%b9%9d%e9%be%8d%e5%9f%8e%e5%af%a8%e4%b9%8b%e5%9c%8d%e5%9f%8e%e3%80%8b-%e6%bc%82%e4%ba%ae%e7%97%9b%e5%bf%ab |url-status=live }} Kiu incorporated Eskrima as his chosen fighting style in the film and performed his own stunts, including a fight sequence against Sammo Hung and an unused scene featuring him fighting three thugs simultaneously. Kiu was nominated for Best New Performer in the 43rd Hong Kong Film Awards with the role.

Kiu was married in March 2011.{{Cite web |url=https://paper.udn.com/udnpaper/POI0028/191895/web/ |title=夜訪喬靖夫：與一位奮鬥不懈的小說家對話 |date=1 April 2011 |website=United Daily News |author=莊漢波 |access-date=28 September 2022 |archive-date=16 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616200349/https://paper.udn.com/udnpaper/POI0028/191895/web/ |url-status=live }}

Kiu was a supporter of the Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill Movement. He wrote essays to express his political views and had compared the protests with Bruce Lee’s philosophy of errantry.{{Cite web |url=https://www.thenewslens.com/article/121670 |title=Be water！一代宗師李小龍與香港抗爭者 |date=5 July 2019 |website=The News Lens |author=戈登探長 |access-date=28 September 2022 |archive-date=20 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920003704/https://www.thenewslens.com/article/121670 |url-status=live }}

• The Blade of the Phantom Kingdom (Chinese: 幻國之刃; 1996) (2 parts)
• Seraph (2 parts)
• The Vampire Hunter’s Diaries (Chinese: 吸血鬼獵人日誌; 2004) (6 volumes)
• The Killing Zen (Chinese: 殺禪; 2007) (8 volumes)
• {{ill|Blood and Steel (novel)|lt=Blood and Steel|zh|武道狂之詩}} (Chinese: 武道狂之詩; 2008–2018) (21 volumes)

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