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Xie Shi Min

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Born

Singapore, Singapore

Website

https://www.shiminwrites.com/

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Genre

Fantasy, Children's, Young Adult

Influences

P.G. Wodehouse, Joe HIll, Stephen King, Jeanette Winterson, Wu Cheng E ...more

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Xie Shi Min is an award-winning writer who lives in a book fort. Her fiction has appeared in journals like Rambutan Literary and Cha. Her first book, Dragonhearted, was shortlisted for the Scholastic Asian Book Award in 2014 and published in 2016. It was also shortlisted for the Singapore Book Awards in 2017 and won the Hedwig Anuar Children’s Book in 2018. In her spare time, she hugs fat cats. According to her, the fatter they are, the better.

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Why I Write Ghost Stories in a City That (Seemingly) Doesn’t Believe in Ghosts

On paper, Singapore is an economic powerhouse. People love expounding on how a poor fishing village (this was proven untrue) became a prosperous city, and how we have built our nation on pragmatism. It shows in our education system; our students pick the courses with the most prestige and earning power, and make financial moves like buying a condo, only to flip it for double the price (here’s look

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	Dragonhearted 3.93 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ayam Curtain by J.Y. Yang (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Joyce Chng (Editor), Alvin Pang (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.60 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ghost Hunters of Geylang 4.46 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2025	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Twenty-Four Flavours: Sushi by Alvin Pang (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Ann Ang (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Carena Chor (Contributor) 3.67 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Twenty-Four Flavours: Dolphin Meat by Abigail Chew (Contributor), Goh Shu Li (Contributor), Ian Chung (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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What Colour Is Your Parachute? 2008: A Practical Manual for Job-hunters and Career Changers

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“And people realised...that they could not hold onto their monsters. They had to kill them and move on so they could become better people, and they had to get rid of the weight of their shadows before they could walk into the light.”
― Xie Shi Min, Dragonhearted

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“Joy and laughter return with the coming of spring blossoms, only when sadness is buried within the winter of one's soul.”
― Xie Shi Min, Dragonhearted

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“...you don't have to use big words to tell a story. All you need is excitement, surprise, and characters with good hearts... Everyone has a story. It contains your past, your present, and future. You tell it and tell it and even when you die, the story doesn't end. It goes on and on in other people, and it's better than any book.”
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