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Bio

Siang Lu is the Miles Franklin-winning author of Ghost Cities and the ABIA-winning The Whitewash, the co-creator of The Beige Index and the creator of #sillybookstagram.

Ghost Cities was shortlisted for eight additional awards including the ALS Gold Medal, the Voss Literary Prize, and The Age Book of the Year. In 2026, Ghost Cities will be published with Simon & Schuster's Summit UK and US imprints, and in 25 territories in translation thereafter.

Siang is based in Brisbane, Australia, and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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