Singapore got authors also. Can. Lah. While the nation is not quite fifty years old, the Singaporean identity has existed for much longer. There are a number of distinctively Singaporean writers. A well documented example is Edwin Thumboo, who writes poetry and non-fiction.
This blog entry captures the Singaporean novelists I’ve found links to so far. In particular, the potential novelists of the future. I met many of these through the exceptionally well-run NaNoWriMo events at the Arts House.
- Wena Poon – Singaporean now living in New York
- Raven Silvers †– “ML” (coordinator) for Singapore NaNo 2009
- Seriously Sarah †– “ML” (coordinator) for Singapore NaNo 2009
- Mint Kang – also an experienced commercial writer
- NotKieran †– If not then who ah?
- “Min-tea” †– pseudonyms sure are popular in Singapore
- “Rozen” †– Literary and Editorial consultants –
- Joelyn Alexandra †– A real name! Or, it sounds like a real name!
- “Accidental Presidency” – A Pratchett fan
- ααα – also known as triplealpha
- The Laptop – also known as Mun Thye. He’s teaching machines to enjoy novels. Really!
- Clarence (kiaace) †
- Ziyang †
- Lutheia Wu
- Catherine Lim
- James Lee
- And many more writers whose web presence I could not figure out. Thanks for the intrguing booklet, bruise_d”!
† Thanks to Joelyn, I can now identify all of the authors of Happiness at the End of the World, an anthology from a group of NaNoists that formed in 2008. Rozen’s link above links to their press release. Now I should go put my head on the chopping block and review that book!