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Joyce Chua

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Young Adult, Fantasy, Romance

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Joyce lives in the perennially sunny island-city of Singapore, where she graduated from the National University of Singapore with a degree in English.

She is the author of the YA contemporary LAMBS FOR DINNER (Straits Times Press, 2013), Asian historical fantasy series LAND OF SAND AND SONG and KINGDOM OF BLOOD AND GOLD (Penguin Random House SEA, 2021), and YA contemporary romance UNTIL MORNING (Penguin Random House SEA, 2023).

Her short stories can be found at museinpocketpeninhand.wordpress.com and she can be found primarily on Instagram and TikTok as @joycechuawrites.

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	Land of Sand and Song (Children of the Desert, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 93 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kingdom of Blood and Gold (Children of the Desert, #2) 4.52 avg rating — 27 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Until Morning really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 25 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Room in Neverland 3.72 avg rating — 18 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Empire of Gods and Beasts (Children of the Desert, #3) 4.33 avg rating — 15 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lambs for Dinner 3.59 avg rating — 17 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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It has literally been two years since I last blogged (do people still blog these days?) and I promise I have my reasons for it. 1. I got more books published First of all, I had three books out in 2023: the final book in the Children of the Desert trilogy, No Room in Neverland,… Continue reading updates on life, career, writing and love after, um, more than 2 years Read more of this blog post »

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“Maybe the past could never be past. Maybe it's burned into us like the stars are burned into the backdrop of the sky, irrevocable and ageless.”
― Joyce Chua, Lambs for Dinner

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“You can't leave someone without taking a piece of them with you.”
― Joyce Chua, Lambs for Dinner

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“Conformity was safe. It could tame the wildest beast and temper the hardest savage. If I couldn't run from my past, then maybe I could bleach it out of sight, if not wipe it clean.”
― Joyce Chua, Lambs for Dinner

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“What do you want from me?" he asks.
What I want from every person in my life, I want to tell him.
More.”
― Melina Marchetta, Jellicoe Road

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“It is possible to be in love with you just because of who you are.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, Shiver

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“Clever as the Devil and twice as pretty.”
― Holly Black, White Cat

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“The easiest lies to tell are the ones you want to be true.”
― Holly Black, White Cat

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“Life is an awful, ugly place to not have a best friend.”
― Sarah Dessen, Someone Like You

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message 5: by Joyce

Jul 13, 2021 04:05AM

aly wrote: "Hello,

Thank you for the add. I'll be looking forward to your new release ;)
Good luck!

-Aly-"

Thank you so much, Aly! Lovely to connect with you here :) Can't wait for you to read LAND OF SAND AND SONG soon!

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message 4: by aly

Jul 12, 2021 07:11PM

Hello,

Thank you for the add. I'll be looking forward to your new release ;)
Good luck!

-Aly-

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message 3: by Michael

Aug 25, 2014 10:22AM

Joyce, thanks for connecting on Goodreads. Wishing you continued success Lambs for Diner. Hope you'll consider adding my new Prohibition-era mystery, The Yankee Club, to your to read list. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

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message 2: by Jennifer

Sep 19, 2013 12:17AM

Thanks for the friend request :)

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message 1: by Kitty (I solemnly swear that I am up to no good)

Jun 13, 2013 03:48AM

Thanks for the add Joyce! Karou is totally badass! looking forward to talking book with ya

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