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sydney khoo (they/them) is a nonbinary and aromantic asexual writer, born on Dharawal Country in South Western Sydney, to Malaysian Chinese parents.

They are the recipient of the Penguin Random House Australia’s Write It fellowship.

sydney joins us today with their new novel The Spider and Her Demons.

High School can be hard at the best of times but somehow Zhi juggles study, tutoring and working in her Aunt’s dumpling shop.

Zhi’s Aunt Mei has sacrificed a lot so that Zhi can attend a private school and all she asks in return is that Zhi maintain an 85 point grade average and hide the fact she has fangs, spinnerets and four prehensile limbs that emerge from her back!

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