He is best known for numerous popular novels, including Oo-daung Yin-pyan Bon Nabay Mhar Ser Yay Loh Htar Chin De (ဒေါင်းယာဉ်ပျံဘုံနံဘေးမှာ စာရေးလို့ထားချင်တယ်), Once...At University (တစ်ခါတုန်းကတက္ကသိုလ်မှာ), University In Dream (အိပ်မက်ထဲကတက္ကသိုလ်), Hnit Nar Ket Loh Tine Pin Chin De (နှစ် နားကပ်လို့ တိုင်ပင်ချင်တယ်), Alel Ka Lu Sakar Wae Ei (အလယ်ကလူ စကားဝဲ၏) and Par Kwut Kyar Nae Lapyae Wun (ပါးကွက်ကျားနဲ့ လပြည့်ဝန်း).
Nwam Jar Thaing was a member of the Central Executive Committee of the Myanmar Writers Association.
He studied at Rangoon Institute of Technology majoring in Electrical Power and was expelled from university in fifth year for participating in the Hmaing Yar Pyae protests.
Then he joined the Rangoon Arts and Sciences University and graduated with a degree in Physics.
[1] In 1969, he started writing the articles and short novels in local magazines A He, Thint Bawa and Tine Yin May.