Biography

Catherine Lim born in 1942 in Kulim, Malaysia. She received her B.A. from the University of Malaya in 1963 and immigrated to Singapore in 1967. Her first short story collection was published in 1978. Her first novel (The Serpent's Tooth) was published in 1982. She received her PhD in Applied Linguistics from the National University of Singapore in 1988. She and attended Columbia University and the University of California, Berkeley, in 1990 as a Fulbright Scholar. She has also worked as a teacher of Socio-Linguistics and Literature. In 1992, she decided to write full-time. She has published more than 10 collections of short stories, five novels, and two poetry collections.

Books by Catherine Lim

Loving and the Dead
Loving and the Dead
2020
Howling Silence
Howling Silence
2018
Leap of Love
Leap of Love
2018
Romancing the Language
Romancing the Language
2018
Equal Joy
Equal Joy
2017
Roll out the champagne, Singap
Roll out the champagne, Singapore!
2014
A watershed election
A watershed election
2011
Miss Seetoh in the World
Miss Seetoh in the World
2011
The Catherine Lim Collection
The Catherine Lim Collection
2010
Unhurried Thoughts at My Funeral
Unhurried Thoughts at My Funeral
2005
A Leap of Love
A Leap of Love
2003
The Song of Silver Frond
The Song of Silver Frond
2003
Following the Wrong God Home
Following the Wrong God Home
2001
La maîtresse de Jade
La maîtresse de Jade
2000
Das Amulett aus Jade
Das Amulett aus Jade
1999
Meet me on the Queen Elizabeth 2!
Meet me on the Queen Elizabeth 2!
1999
The howling silence
The howling silence
1999
The shadow of a shadow of a dr
The shadow of a shadow of a dream
1999
Teardrop Story Woman 18 X Bin
Teardrop Story Woman 18 X Bin
1998
The teardrop story woman
The teardrop story woman
1998
Bondmaid 18 x Dumpbin
Bondmaid 18 x Dumpbin
1997
The best of Catherine Lim
The best of Catherine Lim
1993
The woman's book of superlatives
The woman's book of superlatives
1993
Deadline for love and other st
Deadline for love and other stories
1992
Love's lonely impulses
Love's lonely impulses
1992
O Singapore!
O Singapore!
1989
Shadow of a Shadow of a Dream
Shadow of a Shadow of a Dream
1987
"Three Gifts From the Green Dr
"Three Gifts From the Green Dragon" and Other Stories from Chinese Literature (A Target Book)
1985
The man who rode a tiger
The man who rode a tiger
1985
The Man Who Rode A Tiger And O
The Man Who Rode A Tiger And Other Stories
1985
Three gifts from the green dra
Three gifts from the green dragon and other tales from Chinese literature
1985
They do return
They do return
1983
FEDERAL ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY 2
FEDERAL ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY 2
1981
Or else, the lightning god & other stories
Or else, the lightning god & other stories
1980
Or Else, the Lightning God and Other Stories
Or Else, the Lightning God and Other Stories
1980
Little ironies
Little ironies
1978
Little ironies, stories of Sin
Little ironies, stories of Singapore
1978
The Bondmaid by Catherine Lim
The Bondmaid by Catherine Lim (1997-09-15)
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SONG OF SILVER FROND
SONG OF SILVER FROND