S. P. Somtow

Somtow Papinian Sucharitkul, known professionally as S. P. Somtow, is a Thai-American author, composer, and conductor. He has written science fiction, fantasy, and horror in English under the names Somtow Sucharitkul and S. P. Somtow, and has composed and conducted extensively in Thailand, where he founded several of the country's leading classical-music institutions. He holds both Thai and American citizenship.