Cassandra Khaw

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Cassandra Khaw
Born
Zoe Khaw Joo Ee

(1984-08-31) August 31, 1984 (age 41)
NationalityMalaysian

Cassandra Khaw (born 31 August 1984) is a Malaysian writer of horror and science fiction. They also create video games and tabletop games, and formerly wrote about them as a games and tech journalist.

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Biography

Cassandra Khaw was born in Malaysia on 31 August 1984 as Zoe Khaw Joo Ee. They work as a horror and science fiction writer for video games, tabletop RPGs, short stories, and novels. Their articles and stories have been published in such magazines as Tor.com, Clarkesworld, Fireside Fiction, Uncanny Magazine , and Nature. Their video game writing appears in Eurogamer , Ars Technica , The Verge, and Engadget . Khaw works for Ubisoft as a scriptwriter. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] Khaw has stated they use they/them pronouns. [8]

Awards and nominations

YearWorkAwardCategoryResultRef.
2017Hammers on Bone British Fantasy Award Best NovellaNominated [9]
Locus Award Best Novella Nominated [10]
2018Food of the Gods Best Horror Novel Nominated [11]
2021Nothing but Blackened Teeth Bram Stoker Award Best Long Fiction Nominated [12]
Shirley Jackson Award Best NovelNominated [13]
2022 British Fantasy Award Best Horror Novel (August Derleth Award)Nominated [14]
Ignyte Award Best NovellaNominated [15]
World Fantasy Award Best Novella Nominated [16]
The All-Consuming World Locus Award Best First Novel Nominated [17]
Breakable Things Bram Stoker Award Best Fiction Collection Won [18] [19]
Shirley Jackson Award Best Single-Author CollectionNominated [20]
2023 British Fantasy Award Best CollectionNominated [21]
Locus Award Best CollectionNominated [22]
World Fantasy Award Best Collection Nominated [23]

Bibliography

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Novels

Gods & Monsters: Rupert Wong

  • Rupert Wong, Cannibal Chef (2015)
  • Rupert Wong and the Ends of the Earth (2017)
  • The Last Supper Before Ragnarok (2019)
  • Food of the Gods (2017)

Anthologies

Chapbooks

Born to the Blade

  • Baby Shower (2018)
  • Dreadnought (2018)

Persons Non Grata

  • Hammers on Bone (2016)
  • A Song for Quiet (2017)

Collections

Short fiction

Poems

Tabletop games

Video games

References

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