Su-May Tan Su-May Tan i(7785426 works by)
Gender: Female
Heritage: Malaysian
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BiographyHistory

Su-May Tan is an advertising copywriter from Melbourne. She published her debut novel with Penguin Singapore in 2023.

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2021 shortlisted The Carmel Bird Digital Literary Award for 'Lake Corona and Other Stories'.

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Lake Malibu and Other Stories Strawberry Hills : Spineless Wonders , 2021 23846527 2021 selected work short story

'Lake Malibuand other stories is a collection of short stories about various people from a small Malaysian town connected by a theme of escapism. Through the interlinked stories, we get to know the residents of Ipoh who struggle with various entanglements such as filial obligations, societal pressure, and increasing exposure to Western influences.

'In Lake Malibu, two young boys dream of greener pastures in a Western country. In Mrs Fernandez, a teenage boy falls in love with his best friend's mother. In Margaret, an elderly lady re-evaluates her relationship with her son who has settled down in Australia. The anthology is tied up by a final story - Camellias - which is about a Malaysian woman who has moved to Melbourne with her family.' (Publication summary)

2023 shortlisted The Woollahra Digital Literary Award Fiction
2022 shortlisted Queensland Literary Awards University of Southern Queensland Australian Short Story Collection – Steele Rudd Award
The Origin of Things 2019 extract novel
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , March no. 23 2019;
2018 third place Deborah Cass Prize
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