O Thiam Chin Singapore

Bio
O Thiam Chin’s short stories have appeared in several literary anthologies and journals, including Asia Literary Review, Quarterly Literary Review Singapore, Best of Singapore Erotica and Silverfish New Writing 6. His debut collection of stories, Free-Falling Man, was published in 2006. In 2009, MPH Publishing will publish his latest story collection, Never Been Better. A graduate with a degree in English Language and Literature from the Singapore Institute of Management, Thiam Chin has won several awards for his screenplay and short stories.


What book would you like to snuggle under covers with, and why?
"Definitely Raymond Carver’s Where I’m Calling From, which is the de facto anthology of thirty-seven of his best short stories, a brilliant culling of his works that spanned his illustrious writing career. His stories might appear deceptively sparse, stylistically simple but each of them possesses a strong, taut finesse that keeps different, and differing, moods, emotions and characters in balance, without over-elaboration or being redundantly lengthy. I have read, and re-read each story, and always discover something new each time."

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