- BBC Radio 4 ‘First Bite Short Story’ Contest: winner
- BBC World Service Short Fiction Award: “Hungry Ghost” selected as one of the best stories on the BBC.
- Ian St James Short Story Award. The Ian St James is the largest prize for short stories in the UK.
- National University of Singapore’s Young Writer Fellowship
- New York Times Foundation Award
- National Arts Council of Singapore Award: Bursary for studies at New York University
- Singapore International Foundation Award
- Young Artist Award – National Arts Council of Singapore – the Young Artist Award is the highest arts award given to a Singaporean artist under 35.
- Singapore Literature Prize – Singapore’s top literary prize for the novel, “Mammon Inc”
Press Coverage
I have been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Straits Times, Business Times, Harper’s Bazaar, ELLE, the Independent, the Guardian, the Economist and the Los Angeles Times