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Suchen Christine Lim was born in the Malaysian state of Perak and came to Singapore at the age of 14. After graduation, she taught in a junior college and worked as a curriculum specialist in the Ministry of Education. In 2003, she resigned to write full time. Suchen was awarded the inaugural Singapore Literature Prize for A Fistful of Colours in 1992. Among other acclaimed works are her debut novel Rice Bowl (1984), A Bit of Earth (2001) and The River’s Song (2014). In 2012, she was awarded the Southeast Asia Write Award for her body of work. Awarded a Fullbright grant, Suchen was a Fellow in the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program and later became it’s Writer in Residence. She was also a Fellow in Creative Writing at the Nanyang Technological University.