Tunku Halim was born in 1964. He is dubbed as Asia's Stephen King
and by delving into Malay myth, legends and folklore, his writing
is often regarded as 'World Gothic'. His novel, Dark Demon Rising
(1997), was nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary
Award whilst his second novel, Vermillion Eye (2000), is used as a
study text in The National University of Singapore's Language and
Literature course. He has also won first prize in a Fellowship of
Australian Writers' short story competition and has had three
consecutive wins in Malaysia's Popular-Star Readers' Choice Awards
between 2015 and 2017. His short-story collections include-The Rape
of Martha Teoh & Other Chilling Stories (1997), BloodHaze- 15
Chilling Tales (1999), The Woman Who Grew Horns and Other Works
(2001), 7 Days to Midnight (2013) and The Rape of Nancy Ng - 13
Nightmares (2018). His other novels include Juriah's Song (2008),
Last Breath (2014) and A Malaysian Restaurant in London (2015). His
non-fiction books include A Children's
History of Malaysia (2003), History of Malaysia-A Children's
Encyclopedia (2009) and a biography of his late father, A Prince
Called "Charlie" (2018).
Tunku Halim's collection of short horror stories, published by
Penguin Random House SEA in 2019, Scream to the Shadows, was a best
seller in Singapore and Malaysia.
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