Kaoru
Kaoru began her career as a solo comic artist, publishing a variety of romantic stories that quickly gained attention for their ornate, Japanese manga-influenced art style. Her early works not only attracted a loyal readership but also received critical acclaim—Maid Maiden won the Best Romantic Comic Award at the Malaysian Mandarin Comic Society Awards in […]
Joyce Chua
Joyce is the author of the Chinese fantasy trilogy, Children of the Desert, as well as contemporary YA standalones, Until Morning and No Room in Neverland (all published by Penguin Random House SEA). The Children of the Desert trilogy has been translated into Albanian. She was a writer-in-residence at the National Centre for Writing, and […]
Joyce Chng
Joyce Chng lives in Singapore. They write science fiction and fantasy, as well as YA and MG. Their short stories have appeared in The Apex Book of World SF II, The Future Fire and Multispecies Cities. Dragon Dancer (Lantana Publishing) was Joyce’s first picture-book, celebrating dragon dancing and Lunar New Year, followed by Oyster Girl (Pepper Dog Press), a tribute to their […]
Josef Lee
Josef Lee tells stories through pictures. As a picture-book author & artist, his illustrated short stories have been shared online since 2008. In 2017, Josef successfully published his first picture-book via crowdfunding. Since then, he has published over ten picture-books, as well as a novel adaptation. Events You Draw, I Draw, Together We Draw a […]
Jojo Chia
Jojo Chia is a writer who has a penchant for the weird and wonderful. An aggressive list maker who enjoys cup noodles and waxing lyrical about video games, she can sometimes be found writing stories. Other times, she is adventuring in another realm. Events Plot Twists and Page Turners: Appealing to Young Adult Readers
Joanne Poon
Joanne is a theatre teacher who enjoys directing plays, writing plays and stories, listening to jazz music and drinking an obscene amount of earl grey tea. She can’t help but turn all her books into plays and get it performed! Events Tackling Tough Topics – Turning Life’s Challenges into Stories
JH Low
J.H. Low is an award-winning picture-book maker whose books have been published in English, Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese. He holds a BA (Honours) in Fine Arts, an MA in Children’s Books Illustration, and a PhD in Art. His picture-book career started with the book There is No Steak Buried Here, which received Honourable Mention for the […]
Janice Khoo
Janice Khoo is the co-author of Sing a Song of Hawker Food, a playful collection of nursery rhymes celebrating Singapore’s hawker culture. Co-written with Lianne Ong, the book was supported by the National Heritage Board and won Second Prize in the 2022 POPULAR Reader’s Choice Awards (Children’s English category). In 2024, Janice released two picture books: Shelby […]
Hwee Goh
Hwee Goh was classically trained at the Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism, and was a TV journalist and Editor at Channel NewsAsia, before extending her writing to children’s books. Hwee is known on the #bookstagram circuit and regularly interviews international bestselling authors on tour through Singapore. She works at The Media Consultants Singapore, lending […]
Far’ain Jaafar
Far’ain Jaafar is an educator, and a published children’s book author. She is dedicated to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in her work and publications. She is an award-winning advocate and educational leader with more than 15 years of experience in the field of education and youth development. Her areas of advocacy revolve around […]