Read my introduction post here:
Celebrating 8 years of Super Cool Books
And below, the full list of interviewed authors, just click on the link to read their answers. Do check out their books too!
See you all next year. Have a lovely 2020.
— Don
_____ LIST OF INTERVIEWS
Meet Joanne H Lim, she wrote a book about an adorable monkey who wins in life
Meet Melanie Lee, she wrote an epic adoption story for her son
Meet Sim Ee Waun, she's inspired by stories about her mother's childhood days
Meet Nur'afifah Binte Mohd Hussain, her book helps kids learn the Arabic alphabet through music and movement
Meet Hwee Goh, she wrote a book about a bunch of cave dragons who get poisoned by blue light coming off their bottle-bottle screens (EDITOR SAYS: Yes, bottle-bottle, it's not a typo, I checked.)
Meet Madeline Beale, her books come with a 'Dear Parents' section at the back
Meet Koen Setyawan, he's from Indonesia and has published 80 books
Meet Jane Karen Ho, her big wish is for indie authors in Asia to come together for support
Meet Hassan Hasaa'ree Ali, his Malay fantasy adventure book is about a boy who has to cope with asthma, deal with a school bully and fight paranormal forces
Meet Emily Lim-Leh, her picture books have been translated into Chinese, Tamil, Korean and Slovakian
Meet Angela Ng, she says it's important to have an extensive vocabulary of emotions
Meet Far'ain Jaafar, she says kidlit writers should visit schools and meet children, our presence brings magic to their lives
Meet Eunice Li- Tan, she hiked across Iceland’s lava fields so she can convey the experience in her story
Meet Srividhya Venkat, she wrote a book about how young children can make a difference
Meet Josephine Chia, she wrote a book about the old days when Singapore was still a third world nation
Meet Ng Swee San, her book says change is possible no matter how pig-headed one is
Meet these students from the Singapore Polytechnic Diploma in Creative Writing for TV and New Media programme, they write and illustrate their own picture books
Meet Pippa Chorley, she says rhyming stories are great for literacy development in kids and allow them to predict the end to sentences
Meet Tienny The, when her son stopped brushing his teeth, she had a vision of cavity monsters, and developed this into a picture book
Meet Alan Bay, he illustrated a book to help young readers connect with their grandparents
Meet Linda Locke, one of her books is titled, "Do farts make old people go faster?"
Meet Jessica Alejandro, she wants children to be exposed to more poetry
Meet Maureen Yeo, she says you should go out and have adventures
Meet Lynette Teo, she got the idea for her book one morning while brushing her teeth
Meet Victor Fernando R. Ocampo, he says read to your kids with funny voices
Meet Judith Huang, she wrote a book about a girl who accidentally creates a new universe in her mother's government lab
Meet Darren C. Ong, he says kidlit writers should develop a thick skin
Meet Ning Cai, in her books the princess saves herself at the end
Meet Lesley-Anne Tan and Monica Lim, together their ideas are usually wackier
Meet Sophia Huang, she started writing during her maternity leave
Meet Simon Chesterman, he's published 3.5 young adult books
Meet Carlo Peña, he's an editor who says doodle your story ideas before writing
Meet Andy Chua Koon Hong, he has a tip to help you get free reviews from tonnes of readers, both young and old.
Meet Eva Wong Nava, she says you must forget that you're an adult
Meet Pauline Loh, her new book is about having the courage to change what is wrong with the world
Meet David Seow, he says parents must make story-time exciting and unforgettable
Meet Chen Wei Teng, she wants to remind kids that they have something unique within
Meet Neil Humphreys, he says we must use kidlit to grab children's eyeballs away from the screens
Meet Quek Hong Shin, he listens to talkative children and gets story ideas from them
Meet Ruth Wan-Lau, she has 37 English books, 10 Mandarin books and 6 Malay books
Meet Andy Chen, he's not a creative person and doesn’t normally have ideas for stories
Meet Caline Tan, her latest book has time travel, adventure and excitement
Meet Leila Boukarim, she gets down on her hands and knees to see the world from the height of a child
Meet Ken Kwek, he writes funny books to help kids recover from exams and tuition, tuition, tuition
Meet Low Ying Ping, she writes adventuresome stories about friendship and time travel, set in Singapore
Meet Teo Xue Shen, he wrote a young adult novel inspired by war and science fiction
Meet Suzannah Chua, she self-published a picture book about the late Mr. Lee Kuan Yew
Meet Felix Cheong, he wrote a book of riddle poems with answers hidden in the artwork
Meet Idayu Hussain, she wrote a bilingual book that’s funny and delicious
Meet Jason Erik Lundberg, he wrote a picture book that shows how rojak is prepared
Meet Lianne Ong, her first book was inspired by her son's encounter with a caterpillar
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ALSO:
+ Why should we make new books for young readers? My blog post from last year
+ Check out Don Bosco's latest series LAST KID RUNNING, published by Penguin Random House
+ Follow Super Cool Books on Instagram, for exclusive behind the scenes photos
+ How and where you can get published in Singapore (from 2017)
