Ivy Ngeow

Ivy Ngeow is a Malaysian author. The American Boyfriend, published by Penguin Random House Southeast Asia in 2023, was longlisted for the Avon x Mushens Entertainment Prize for Commercial Fiction Writers of Colour in 2022 and won the Singapore Book Awards in 2024 for Best Marketing Campaign. Her debut, Cry of the Flying Rhino, published in 2017, was awarded the International Proverse Prize in Hong Kong. Her novels include Heart of Glass in 2018, Overboard in 2020, and White Crane Strikes in 2022. She is the commissioning editor of the Asian Anthology New Writing series. In Safe Hands was shortlisted for the Joffe Books Prize in 2024 and will be published by Penguin Books in October 2025. Ngeow holds an MA in Writing from Middlesex University, where she won the Middlesex University Literary Press Prize in 2005 out of almost 1,500 entrants worldwide.

Ivy Ngeow adalah penulis asal Malaysia. Bukunya, The American Boyfriend, diterbitkan oleh Penguin Random House Southeast Asia di 2023, masuk dalam daftar panjang Avon x Mushens Entertainment Prize untuk Penulis Fiksi Komersial Kulit Berwarna di 2022, dan memenangkan Singapore Book Awards di 2024 untuk Kampanye Pemasaran Terbaik. Debutnya, Cry of the Flying Rhino, terbit di 2017 dan meraih International Proverse Prize di Hong Kong. Novel-novelnya lainnya antara lain Heart of Glass di 2018, Overboard di 2020, dan White Crane Strikes di 2022. Ia juga menjabat sebagai editor pengadaan naskah untuk seri Asian Anthology New Writing. Bukunya In Safe Hands masuk daftar pendek Joffe Books Prize di 2024 dan akan diterbitkan oleh Penguin Books di Oktober 2025. Ngeow meraih gelar MA dalam Penulisan dari Middlesex University, di mana ia memenangkan Middlesex University Literary Press Prize di 2005 dari hampir 1.500 peserta dari seluruh dunia.