Suchen Christine Lim is the first winner of the Singapore Literature Prize (Fiction) in 1992, for her novel, A Fistful of Colours. Lim, who has four novels to her name, is also the author of short stories, children's stories, students' textbooks and a play. She was the International Writer-in-Residence at the University of Iowa, USA, in 2000.

• Essays : Fistful of Colours and Urban Renewal in Singapore: From Frowsy Woman to Sassy Young Lass

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