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Ivy Ngeow was born and raised in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. She is a Penguin author who has written award-winning novels and short stories. Her writing showcases the experiences of individuals from diverse backgrounds. She grew up in a multicultural and multilingual environment. Ngeow's fiction addresses the complex themes of identity, displacement, and cultural conflict. She holds an MA in Writing from Middlesex University, where she won the 2005 Middlesex University Literary Press Prize out of almost 1500 entrants worldwide. Her debut, Cry of the Flying Rhino (2017), was awarded the International Proverse Prize in Hong Kong. Her novels include Heart of Glass (2018), Overboard (2020) and White Crane Strikes (2022). She is commissioning editor of the Asian Anthology New Writing series. The American Boyfriend (2023) was longlisted for the Avon x Mushens Entertainment Prize for Commercial Fiction Writers of Colour 2022 and is published by Penguin Random House Southeast Asia. She has also written non-fiction guides on architecture, interior design, cooking and fitness. She lives in London.

PRIZES & COMPETITIONS First Prize – 2016 International Proverse Prize for novel-length piece of unpublished fiction (“Cry of the Flying Rhino”) First Prize – (out of 1400 entrants worldwide) 2005 Middlesex University Literary Prize (Read the story here) First Prize – 1998 CareerRA/Barnes & Noble Essay Writing Competition. (Read the essay here.) First Prize – 1994 Commonwealth Essay Writing Competition Shortlisted – 1998 David T.K. Wong Fellowship Shortlisted – 1999 Ian St James Awards

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