Dave Chua

Dave Chua was born in Malaysia and came to Singapore at the age of ten. He was educated at Dunman High School and Victoria Junior College and studied electrical engineering and computer science at the University of California, Berkeley. His short story, "Father’s Gift", won a Singapore Press Holdings-National Arts Council Golden Point Award in 1995. His first novel, Gone Case, was given a Singapore Literature Prize Commendation Award in 1996 and was published the same year.Chua was involved in the production of the Mediacorp sitcom, Achar!, and Peach Blossom Media’s animated children’s show, Tomato Twins. He writes for various publications such as The Straits Times, Big O, and The Edge and is the Vice Chairman of the Singapore Film Society. For his feature-length scripts, he was awarded a second prize at the Singapore Screenplay Awards in 2001. He has also completed a graphic novel adaptation of Gone Case with the artist Koh Hong Teng.