Damien Sin (1965 – 2011), born Foong Yu Lei, was a Singaporean

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. He has written several bestselling books published by the Angsana Books

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of publisher Flame Of The Forest Publishing. Sin died in 2011. After failing his 'A' Levels, Sin started his career as a karaoke-jockey before he turned to writing erotic stories while he was in detention for a drug offence. He was a member of Russell Lee's team of ghost writers. Sin also wrote the screenplay of the critically acclaimed film, ''

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'' (1995), which launched director

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's career. Its story was based on Sin's short story "One Last Cold Kiss", which appeared in ''Classic Singapore Horror Stories: Book 2'' (1994). Khoo later dedicated his film '' In the Room'' (2015) to Sin. Sin was also the frontman of the band, Fairweather Friends, whose music appeared on various

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compilations released in Singapore in the 1990s, including
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in Singapore under the name 'The Hardcore Troubadour'. Sin is reported to have died of a drug overdose in 2011. Damien Sin Portrait

Books

*''Classic Singapore Horror Stories: Book 1'' (1992) *''Classic Singapore Horror Stories: Book 2'' (1994) *''Tall Tales and Short Stories'' (1995) *''Saints, Sinners and Singaporeans: A Collection of Poems'' (1998) *''Classic Singapore Horror Stories: Book 3'' (2000) *''Classic Singapore Horror Stories: Book 4'' (2003)

References

External links

Damien Sin
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Flame Of The Forest website

Bibliography on FantasticFiction.co.uk
1965 births 2011 deaths Singaporean writers Singaporean people of Chinese descent Singaporean poets Singaporean screenwriters 20th-century poets {{singapore-writer-stub