Biography

Chiew-Siah Tei is author of Little Hut of Leaping Fishes (Picador, 2008), which was long-listed for the Man Asian Literary Award.  Keen on experimenting with form and medium, Tei produces works that range across literature, film and theatre in both English and Chinese. 

She wrote the script for Night Swimmer, which won Best Short Film at Vendome International Film Festival.  Her play, Three Thousand Troubled Threads, was staged at the Edinburgh International Festival on 2005.

Born and raised in Tampin, Malaysia to Chinese parents, Tei came to Scotland in 2002 to study creative writing, and now lives in Glasgow.