born july née pronounced indonesian writer known adult fiction children literature childhood enjoyed reading read advanced rate finishing primary secondary education indonesia time took writing went united_states study graduation worked year returning indonesia work shipping company years working time married quit professional writer novel year sold poorly subsequent trilogy better received released novels numerous short stories including anthology children books collections stay home mother writes spare time home topics different depending genre writing adult oriented works deal minority groups children books meant teach children works won awards lgbt groups praised novel avoiding group protested lack explicit moral message children books biography early life born july raised sub district took reading young age reportedly capable reading translations enjoyed snow queen influenced writing age reading adult oriented works attended attended middle school taught creative writing began creating works completed high school education graduating high school interested social issues including discrimination faced ethnic chinese lgbt women high school went united_states began studying columbus ohio later transferred graduated degree communications read numerous children books later influenced writings graduating spent year working returning indonesia return indonesia spent years working human resources department left seven months pregnant second seven weeks staying home took writing writing career debut novelist year sold poorly gained recognition trilogy consists blues works classified pop literature readers identified main characters urban working women tempo magazine notes trilogy pioneered genre indonesia novel reality released short story moon secret included lesbian gay themed short story collection work included stories year published novels dim sum wings gods following year published novels initially run serial newspaper later picked title result combining sun commonly representative men moon commonly representative women create united symbol represent homosexuality launched short story collection collection dealt mainly death collection followed novel tea published serial short story adapted film actor cum presenter titular role followed story night club singer lover security guard club film premiered lights indie movie festival year released books seven minute short stories included lesbian themed anthology paris evening paris writers anthology included established community facebook way critique work later branching twitter community approximately followers allows writers professional aspiring idea character technical limitations software reader think july published love drama november released collection stories children attend school cliff aside writing novels short stories writes children books genre entered lack indonesian language works written books series sharing stories sharing love started numbering seven books million colours rainbow started numbering books earth stopped rotating started numbering books style main characters generally female characters generally hold employment held characters include office worker animal nursery employee automotive repair shop owner children stories written simply illustrated deal children feelings intended children characters names chosen easy remember reception received awards children story hair series won award best children book indonesian publishers association indonesia following year won award followed suit don tell anybody writing notes received indonesia lgbt community link homosexuality negative issues like drug use notes children stories generally received disagree lack explicit moral message argues books multiple interpretations children adults personal life married malaysian citizen met working shipping couple married children lives according interview stay home mother writes office house writes spare time usually morning afternoon pick children
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