Shze-Hui Tjoa is a Singaporean writer who lives in Edinburgh, UK.
Her debut, The Story Game: A Memoir (Tin House Books, 2024), is a genre-bending work about storytelling, siblinghood, c-PTSD, having been raised as a child musician, and deconstructing/finding the self. It was recognised as a notable book of its release season by The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Book Riot, and Between the Covers podcast. It was also listed as a "Literary MagNet" feature in Poets & Writers magazine, and named one of Electric Literature’s and Paste Magazine's best nonfiction books of 2024. Shze-Hui writes about and beyond herself - is particularly interested in creative nonfiction that takes formal risks to speak the deepest possible truth to power. She is the Senior Nonfiction Editor at Guernica magazine, where she works to spotlight writers from different parts of the world and bring them into meaningful conversation. Her writing has received support from various global arts organisations, including the Tin House Summer Workshop (USA), Ceriph Mentorship Programme (Singapore), Disquiet International (Portugal), and Green Olive Arts (Morocco). |