Ayu Welirang’s Biography

Ayu Welirang is an Indonesian author, focusing on crime fiction and thriller novel. She is the author of 7 Divisi (Grasindo, 2014), Februari: Ecstasy (Grasindo, 2015), Halo Tifa (Gramedia Pustaka Utama, 2016), Rumah Kremasi (Maneno Books, 2018), Mata Pena (Maneno Books, 2020), Antologi HISTERY (Maneno Books, 2020), Not for IT Folks (Gramedia Pustaka Utama, 2022), Double Life (Cabaca Premium, 2022), Sherlock Holmes Pastiches (Elex Media Komputindo, 2022), Go Kory, Go! (Clover MnC, 2023), Jejak Balak (Gramedia Pustaka Utama, 2023), Antologi Iblis di Pekarangan (Penerbit Haru, 2024), and Antologi Kedai Kopi dan Rahasia (2025).

She was also a runner-up in the #PSA (Publisher Searching for Author) event held by Grasindo. In 2015, her cyber-thriller novel, Cipher, was selected as a top ten for boot camp in the Gramedia Writing Project 2 event. Cipher also wins the Wattys Award 2022, for the mystery and thriller category. In 2021, her teen lit, Go Kory, Go! was selected as a finalist in TWS 2021. And in 2022, her thriller novel with environmental issues was placed as the second winner in “Lomba Thriller GPU”.

She was selected as the winner of Author of the Year in Scarlet Pen Awards 2023, held by Detectives ID community.