潘耀明，笔名彦火、艾火等。福建省南安县人。现职《明报月刊》总编辑兼总经理，文学杂志《香港作家》社长、《文综》社长兼总编辑。中国作家协会全国工作委员会荣誉委员、国务院侨务办公室专家咨询委员会委员、香港作家联会会长、世界华文旅游文学联会会长、香港世界华文文艺研究学会会长、世界华文文学联会执行会长、美国爱荷华“国际写作计划”成员、马来西亚“花踪世界文学奖”评审委员会顾问。在内地、港台及海外出版出版发表评论、散文二十五种。其中《当代中国作家风貌》被韩国圣心大学翻译成韩文，并成为大学参考书。部分作品被收入香港中、小学教科书内。.

Pan Yaoming, whose pen names are Yanhuo and Ai’huo, is originally from Nan’an city, Fujian province. He is currently chief editor and general manager of Mingpao Monthly, president of Hong Kong Writers as well as president and chief editor of Literature in Chinese.Apart from being an honorary member of National Committee of China Writers Association as well as a member of Consultative Committee of Expert at Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council, his titles also include chairman of Hong Kong Writers, International Association of Travel Literature in Chinese along with Hong Kong World Chinese literature and Art Research Association. Moreover, he also serves as executive president of China World Association for Chinese Literatures, member of The University of Iowa’s International Writing Program and member of advisory committee of Malaysian 「Hua Zong Literary Awards」.A total of 25 review and prose writings were published in China’s mainland, Hong Kong, Taiwan as well as overseas. Among them, Contemporary Chinese Writers had been one of South Korean Hallym Polytechnic University’s reference books after being translated into Korean. Moreover, several his works were included in textbooks of primary and secondary schools in Hong Kong.