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

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ST20230922_202305941717 Kua Chee Siong/ ecjoyce/ Profile of Singapore author Joyce Chua, 33, who lands three book deals in a year with publisher Penguin Random House, a rare achievement. Her novels, which include Kingdom Of Blood And Gold and Until Morning, target readers from 13 years old. She shares advice on how to encourage teenagers to keep reading for leisure.

Joyce Chua describes her book deals as hard-earned as she had been pitching her stories for 10 years to no avail.

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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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