The Modern Novel

Biography

Chiew-Siah Tei was born and raised in Tampin, in southern Malaysia. She wrote in Malaysian Chinese-language publications on a variety of topics before publishing a book on her stay in Scotland and a collection of reviews. In 1994, she went to Scotland to read for an M. Phil. in film studies at the University of Glasgow. She also wrote the screenplay for a short film. After going back to Malaysia, she returned to Glasgow to read for a Ph. D. She wrote a play – Three Thousand Troubled Threads – staged at the Edinburgh International Festival in 2005 and then wrote her first novel in English.

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Shadow of Mahathir looms large (article by Tei on Malaysian politics)
The gagging of Malaysia’s media (article by Tei on Malaysian politics)