Born: Established: New South Wales, ;
Gender:
Non-binary
Heritage:
Malaysian Chinese
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Notes
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sydney khoo's preferred nomenclature is lower case lettering in their name.
Personal Awards
- 2023 winner Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction for '返屋企 [faan uk kei]'.
- 2019 recipient Write It! Fellowship for unpublished manuscript 'The Spider and Her Demons'.
Awards for Works
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The Spider and Her Demons
Melbourne
:
Puffin
,
2023
26225360
2023
single work
novel
young adult
fantasy
'Between Chinatown and the glittering lights of the harbour, prowl demons and witches - hiding in plain sight, wielding powers beyond imagining.
'Moving and funny by turns, this is a story about what it take to make peace with your demons - literal or otherwise. An urban fantasy take on growing up feeling pressure to make others proud, even if means betraying your true self, feeling like your authentic self is trapped inside your body, and being a second-generation immigrant, struggling to find a sense of belonging.
'After waiting tables at the dumpling shop and dealing with her aunt's big expectations, Zhi just wants to find time for her friends, get through high school . . . and make sure no one finds out she's half spider demon. But then she accidentally kills and eats a man in front of Dior Panne-Nix, the most popular girl in school . . .
'And she's about to find out she's not the scariest thing hiding in the shadows.' (Publication summary)
- 2024 shortlisted Readings Prizes — The Readings Young Adult Book Prize
- 2024 winner Queensland Literary Awards — Griffith University Young Adult Book Award
- 2023 finalist Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction — Young Adult Division — Novel
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