Gender:
Female
Heritage:
Malaysian
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BiographyHistory
Most Referenced Works
Personal Awards
- 2021 shortlisted The Carmel Bird Digital Literary Award for 'Lake Corona and Other Stories'.
Awards for Works
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Lake Malibu and Other Stories
Strawberry Hills
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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
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