Catherine Lim grew up in Malaysia but lives and works in Singapore where she lectured in Applied Linguistics before turning to writing full time. She has published seven collections of short stories (two of which have been used as GCSE texts by Cambridge University), three novels, a book of poems and hundreds of articles.
Novels
The Serpent's Tooth (1982)
The Bondmaid (1995)
The Teardrop Story Woman (1998)
Following The Wrong God Home (2001)
The Song of Silver Frond (2003)
Miss Seetoh in the World (2011)
The Bondmaid (1995)
The Teardrop Story Woman (1998)
Following The Wrong God Home (2001)
The Song of Silver Frond (2003)
Miss Seetoh in the World (2011)
Collections
Little Ironies (1978)
Or Else, the Lightning God and Other Stories (1980)
They Do Return (1983)
The Shadow of a Shadow of a Dream (1987)
O Singapore! (1989)
Deadline for Love and Other Stories (1992)
Love's Lonely Impulses (poems) (1992)
The Best of Catherine Lim (1993)
Meet Me On the Queen Elizabeth 2! (1993)
The Woman's Book of Superlatives (1993)
The Howling Silence (1999)
The Catherine Lim Collection (2009)
The Loving and the Dead (2019)
Or Else, the Lightning God and Other Stories (1980)
They Do Return (1983)
The Shadow of a Shadow of a Dream (1987)
O Singapore! (1989)
Deadline for Love and Other Stories (1992)
Love's Lonely Impulses (poems) (1992)
The Best of Catherine Lim (1993)
Meet Me On the Queen Elizabeth 2! (1993)
The Woman's Book of Superlatives (1993)
The Howling Silence (1999)
The Catherine Lim Collection (2009)
The Loving and the Dead (2019)
Novellas
Non fiction
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