Singapore’s Joyce Chua releases three young-adult novels under Penguin in a year

Joyce Chua describes her book deals as hard-earned as she had been pitching her stories for 10 years to no avail. ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG
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SINGAPORE – Every writer dreams of having his or her work published.

Singaporean Joyce Chua gets her wish granted – not once, but thrice in 2023 – by global publisher Penguin Random House’s South-east Asian branch.

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