Bonmedo Tambunan, affectionately known as Boni, wrote his first fantasy novel at seventeen. In 2009, his first novel, Xar & Vichattan: The Throne of Light, was published in Indonesia in Bahasa Indonesia. Boni’s subsequent works have also been published in Bahasa Indonesia. In 2016, the Xar and Vichattan: The Heirs to Light (The Throne of Light, Tempest, and The Four Bodies of Statera) series is translated into English and published as indie books. Boni lives in Jakarta, Indonesia. Besides being a writer, he works as a banker. When he isn’t working or writing, you can find him doing exercises at the gym or spending his time in Jakarta malls.