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85 Jesse Q. Sutanto is simply a literate treasure. Splitting her clip betwixt Singapore and Jakarta, Sutanto published her archetypal publication successful 2021…and has astatine slightest named 9 books that person either been published oregon volition beryllium published successful 2023. Her way to publishing was not easy, however. She got her MFA astatine Oxford University successful 2009 and has been penning since. Aunties was the ninth publication she wrote! In the Q&A connected her website, she writes, “If you’re a writer struggling to get published, instrumentality bosom and don’t springiness up. Keep penning and improving your trade and you’ll get determination 1 day!”
But present that she has gotten her enactment published, she’s acceptable to go. Most precocious connected Twitter, she took a penning sabbatical astatine a edifice and wrote 40K words successful 72 hours, which is precise impressive!
But portion quantity does not needfully mean quality, Sutanto’s books are wonderfully written and she’s already winning accolades. She won the 2021 Comedy Women successful Print Prize for Dial A for Aunties, which was 1 of her archetypal books! I tin lone ideate this is the commencement to galore much arsenic she continues to constitute successful the years to come. In 2020, the publication was optioned for Netflix, truthful that’s thing other to look guardant to.
She writes romcom transgression novels that crook the genre connected its caput arsenic good arsenic young big novels successful respective sub-genres, from phantasy to revenge thrillers. Plus, she’s already got sequels to immoderate of her books retired whether this twelvemonth oregon next. (She’s besides signed with Berkeley for Books 3 and 4 of the Auntie series.)
On apical of it all, she’s a beauteous person. She’s precise supportive of her chap writers, peculiarly those from marginalized communities.
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Dial A for Aunties
We’ve each had atrocious unsighted dates, but Meddelin Chan’s whitethorn instrumentality the barroom erstwhile she accidentally kills him. Her household got her into this mess, and she tin telephone connected them to assistance her out. However, it’s the eve of the elephantine billionaire wedding connected an exclusive land that her household and Meddy are moving on. When the assemblage accidentally gets shipped to the land successful 1 of their coolers, Meddy and her household person to fig retired however to woody with the assemblage and propulsion disconnected the champion wedding imaginable. Throw successful a household curse and the 1 who got distant who happens to beryllium the manager astatine the edifice wherever the wedding is taking place, and thing is rather representation perfect. It’s a existent turning connected the caput of the romcom genre with crime. Most importantly, it’s hilarious, and you’ll emotion Meddy and her aunties. The sequel, Four Aunties and a Wedding, came retired earlier this year.
Theo Tan and the Fox Spirit
Set successful San Francisco, Theo is precise antithetic from his older member Jaime. He prefers machine games and fitting into U.S. American society; Jamie wanted to stock his Chinese practice and bash large things, specified arsenic interning astatine Reapling Corp. Plus, Theo does not get on with his brother’s carnal companion, a fox tone named Kai. But erstwhile Jamie dies, Theo ends up being linked to Kai, contempt their communal distaste. Soon, Theo realizes that his member was trying to archer him thing that whitethorn beryllium connected to his internship. Theo has to get into the prestigious “Know Your Roots” summertime campy programme to commencement figuring retired what his member was trying to archer him. Can Kai and Theo enactment unneurotic to travel the clues that Jamie near him? The publication alternates from Theo’s and Kai’s perspectives. As a bonus and fantastic happening for me, Kai’s sections person footnotes. This is the way. The sequel, Theo Tan and the Iron Fan, comes retired successful May 2023.
The Obsession
We’ve got romcom crime, past mediate people fantasy, and present we’ve got a YA revenge thriller. The tagline: “Boy meets Girl. Boy Stalks Girl. Girl Gets Revenge.” Logan fell for Delilah, fast. Maybe it’s due to the fact that she reminds him of a miss helium loved and mislaid to death. Logan isn’t going to fto things hap by chance. He watches Delilah connected her societal media, adjacent mounting up a camera trained astatine her home. And helium accidentally catches Delilah sidesplitting her abusive stepfather. But Logan inactive has his dreams acceptable connected Delilah. He thinks he’s deed the jackpot erstwhile they yet spell connected a archetypal date…until Delilah decides that Logan isn’t for her. Logan decides to usage the video of the execution to blackmail Delilah, not realizing that Delilah won’t spell softly into the night. It’s got tons of twists and turns, told from 2 points of view. It’s a YA caller you’ll ne'er forget.
That’s conscionable a sensation of what Jesse Q. Sutanto has for america readers. I’m truly thrilled astir her forthcoming Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers coming retired successful March 2023.
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