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RACHEL TEY is a Singapore-based author of a novel, two children’s books and three short stories. She is a part-time university lecturer, where she teaches writing and communications-based courses. Rachel holds an MA in English (creative writing) from Nanyang Technological University, and obtained her BA in French and Sociology from the National University of Singapore. She is deeply inspired by fictions of memory, which informed her Master's research. Her latest novel, FINDING CHOPIN, was a finalist of the Epigram Books Fiction Prize 2025 and a Straits Times Weekly Bestseller (November 29, 2025). ...more

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	Tea in Pajamas 4.08 avg rating — 38 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Finding Chopin 3.96 avg rating — 27 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tea in Pajamas (Book 2): Beyond Belzerac 4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A View of Stars: Stories of love by Anitha Devi Pillai (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Felix Cheong (Editor), Joyce Teo (Contributor) 3.22 avg rating — 9 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tea In Pajamas: Beyond Belzerac 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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The Plot Thickens, Ft. rachel tey and gwee li sui (recap)

My belated recap for the The Plot Thickens, November edition, hosted by Epigram Books and moderated by my formidable editor Gwee Li Sui. (More photos here) Gwee and I went deep into the nuts and bolts of how Finding Chopin was conceived, developed, then reshaped and polished to the version you have in your hands … Continue reading The Plot Thickens, Ft. rachel tey and gwee li sui (recap) → Read more of this blog post »

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