Supa Sirisingh

That Woman's Name is Boonrod (Phu Ying Khon Nan Chue Boonrod) was published in Thailand in 1980. Vichit Kounavudhi (1922–1997) directed an independent film based on That Woman's Name is Boonrod in 1985. The film was featured at the Bangkok International Film Festival in 2005.

Sirisingh received the (SEATO) literary award for Letters from Thailand in 1969, the same year it was published. Some time later, the book would become required reading in high school in an effort to promote detente between the Thai and Chinese cultures. Thirty years later, in 1999, Sirisingh was named a Thailand National Artist of the Year.

Sirisingh went to the Sutham Sueksa School for her primary and lower secondary schooling. She continued her upper secondary schooling at Watthana Sueksa School, and, finally, she graduated from high school and earned her diploma at the Triam Udom Sueksa School. She went on to earn her BA and MA degrees in 1966, from Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, with a double major in English and Thai.

Sirisingh first worked as a teacher before becoming a magazine editor, and then a freelance writer. In 1965, she was working as a writer for a Thai women's magazine named Satrisan when she first started using the pen name "Botan", one of many she would use throughout her career. She still works as a freelance writer and has published more than sixty novels. Many of her books have been successfully adapted for television and film.

Supa Sirisingh (Thai: สุภา สิริสิงห) née Luesiri (Thai: ลือศิริ), (born 13 August 1945), is a Thai author who writes under the pseudonym Botan, which translates literally from Thai as 'peony'. Her first name frequently appears as Supha. She is married to Viriya Sirisingh, a well-known publisher. Supa Sirisingh is best known for her novel, Letters from Thailand (Chotmai Chak Muang Thai).

The book consists of ninety-six letters, ranging from 1945 to 1967, written by a young man to his mother as he makes his way south from south China to emigrate to Thailand.