Malaysia
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...
n author, playwright and screenwriter, best known for her horror short story collections.
Biography
Originally from
Taiping, Perak
Taiping (, Jawi: ; zh, t=太平, , Hokkien: Thài-pêng; ta, தைப்பிங்) is a town located in Larut, Matang and Selama District, Perak, Malaysia. It is located approximately northwest of Ipoh, the capital of Perak, and so ...
, in her youth, Oui taught herself poetry and fiction writing, as her family did not have the money to access creative writing courses. After a number of years self-publishing short stories, her first book, ''Bedtime Stories From The Dead Of Night'', was published by MPH Group in 2011.
She showcased ''Them Horrors Be Everywhere'', the third book in the Nighmares, Monsters & Horrors Triptych series, at the
George Town Literary Festival
The George Town Literary Festival (GTLF) is an annual literary festival which takes place in the city of George Town, Penang, Malaysia. It is currently the largest world literature festival organised in Malaysia and the first literary event in Sout ...
of 2016.
In 2019, one of her short stories was included in ''The Principal Girl: Feminist Tales From Asia'' anthology. In 2021, ''Taiping Tales of Terror'' was published by
Penguin Books
Penguin Books is a British publishing house. It was co-founded in 1935 by Allen Lane with his brothers Richard and John, as a line of the publishers The Bodley Head, only becoming a separate company the following year.
As a screenwriter, she contributed to the scripts of several Malaysian films.
She is a
transgender woman
A trans woman or a transgender woman is a woman who was assigned male at birth. Trans women have a female gender identity, may experience gender dysphoria, and may transition; this process commonly includes hormone replacement therapy and so ...
, and has spoken about experiencing discrimination in Malaysia for her gender identity. She is a vegetarian.
Bibliography
*''Bedtime Stories from the Dead of Night'' (2011)
*''Taiping Tales of Terror'' (2021)
Nighmares, Monsters & Horrors Triptych
*''Here Be Nightmares'' (2014)
*''There Be Monsters'' (2015)
*''Them Horrors Be Everywhere'' (2016)