Ep45 In Conversation with Ivy Ngeow

Ivy Ngeow was born and raised in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. 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. Her latest novel The American Boyfriend is published by Penguin Random House Southeast Asia. She lives in London.

The American Boyfriend, an Asian domestic psychological thriller, 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. It is out on 19 September 2023.

Where you can find Ivy on Social Media
Instagram: @authorivyngeow
Twitter: @ivyngeow
TikTok: @authorivyngeow
FaceBook: ivyngeowwriter

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