Suchen Christine Lim’s novels on the inner lives of unsung Singaporeans from evicted vendors and migrants to women struggling for independence have won her the Southeast Asia Write Award & the inaugural Singapore Literature Prize. Her latest novel, Dearest Intimate, is about domestic violence, family, sisterhood and Cantonese Opera.

Sebastian Sim was born in Singapore one year after its independence. He has tried his hand at diverse industries: bartender, fast food outlet manager, insurance salesman, prison officer, casino croupier. To date, he has published three Chinese and three English novels, two of which won the Epigram Books Fiction Prize.

Nisha is an ex-schoolteacher-turned-author who is also a private tutor. She enjoys driving, exploring her neighbourhood with her Cavachon Molly and catching up on EPL matches during meals. She lives with her children who like comparing her runs to their strolls. She loves them on most days.

Inez Tan is the author of the national bestseller This Is Where I Won’t Be Alone: Stories. Her writing has appeared in Fish Eats Lion Redux, Rattle, and The Rumpus.