the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of The Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant Writing career After losing the 1992 election and being out of politics temporarily, he started writing novels. He chose to use a pen name as he considered his Thai name to be to difficult for a foreign readership. The Pirates of Tarutao, 1994, Mekong, 1995, Until the Karma Ends, 1996, The King Kong Effect, 1998, Rattanakosin, 2005, Chameleon Man, 2006, References Pongpol Adireksarn Pongpol Adireksarn Pongpol Adireksarn 1942 births Living people Pongpol Adireksarn Pongpol Adireksarn Pongpol Adireksarn Adireksarn, Pongol Pongpol Adireksarn Pongpol Adireksarn 20th-century novelists 21st-century novelists Pongpol Adireksarn Pongpol Adireksarn 20th-century male writers 21st-century male writers Pongpol Adireksarn Pongpol Adireksarn