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Sydney Khoo Sydney Khoo i(16882953 works by)
Born: Established: New South Wales, ;
Gender: Non-binary
Heritage: Malaysian Chinese
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1 y separately published work icon The Spider and Her Demons Sydney Khoo , Melbourne : Puffin , 2023 26225360 2023 single work novel young adult fantasy

'Between Chinatown and the glittering lights of the harbour, prowl demons and witches - hiding in plain sight, wielding powers beyond imagining.

'Moving and funny by turns, this is a story about what it take to make peace with your demons - literal or otherwise. An urban fantasy take on growing up feeling pressure to make others proud, even if means betraying your true self, feeling like your authentic self is trapped inside your body, and being a second-generation immigrant, struggling to find a sense of belonging.

'After waiting tables at the dumpling shop and dealing with her aunt's big expectations, Zhi just wants to find time for her friends, get through high school . . . and make sure no one finds out she's half spider demon. But then she accidentally kills and eats a man in front of Dior Panne-Nix, the most popular girl in school . . .

'And she's about to find out she's not the scariest thing hiding in the shadows.' (Publication summary)
1 What It’s like to Fall in Love When You Don’t Have a Heart Sydney Khoo , 2022 single work prose
— Appears in: SWAMP , 20 January no. 28 2022;
1 I’m (Not) Lovin’ It Sydney Khoo , 2021 single work prose
— Appears in: 40 : Forty Years of the UTS Writers' Anthology 2021; (p. 292-297)
1 Things I Keep i "there’s a crack in the ceiling", Sydney Khoo , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: SWAMP , April no. 23 2019;
1 Screaming Lullabies at Sleeping Beauty i "oh", Sydney Khoo , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: SWAMP , April no. 23 2019;
1 Collecting Stormwater for the Withering Drought Sydney Khoo , 2018 single work prose
— Appears in: Light Borrowers : UTS Writers' Anthology 2018 2018;
1 I'm (Not) Lovin It Sydney Khoo , 2018 single work prose
— Appears in: Light Borrowers : UTS Writers' Anthology 2018 2018;
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