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Kyla Zhao's debut novel, The Fraud Squad, has been pitched as Kevin Kwan's Crazy Rich Asians (2013) meets The Devil Wears Prada, Lauren Weisberger's 2003 novel about a young woman plunged into the cut-throat world of fashion magazines.

Kyla Zhao's debut novel, The Fraud Squad, has been pitched as Kevin Kwan's Crazy Rich Asians (2013) meets The Devil Wears Prada, Lauren Weisberger's 2003 novel about a young woman plunged into the cut-throat world of fashion magazines.

PHOTO: COURTESY OF KYLA ZHAO

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A 23-year-old editorial intern is the latest Singaporean writer to secure a major book deal abroad.
Kyla Zhao, a Vogue Singapore intern, has scored a two-book deal with Berkley Publishing, an imprint of Penguin Random House.
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