is a writer, editor and arts organiser from Singapore. The author of two novels, a novella and the bestselling short story collection Be Your Own Bae (2024), he has been nominated for the International Dublin Literary Award, and shortlisted for the Singapore Literature Prize and the SBPA’s Singapore Book Awards. He co-founded the literary charity Sing Lit Station, where he presently serves as the managing editor of its publishing arm AFTERIMAGE.

In 2025, he was bestowed the Young Artist Award, Singapore's highest award for arts practitioners aged 35 and below. With appearances in periodicals and publications such as the Berlin Quarterly, the Sewanee Review, The Straits Times and The Epigram Books Collection of Best New Singapore Short Stories anthology series, his writing has been described as “[breaking] new ground in Singaporean writing” (QLRS) and “[marking] a seismic shift in the landscape of contemporary Singaporean literature” (Cha: An Asian Literary Journal). He is presently working on his third novel.

✺ BE YOUR OWN BAE (2024)

✺ APPEARANCES

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