Michelle Tan
Michelle Tan is an award-winning multi-genre writer who has won national awards for her television scripts, short stories and her first full-length children’s novel, “Vanished”.
She is married to a John Travolta lookalike, has three lovely children, works full-time, sleeps part-time, and survives on lemon juice, water and hard boiled eggs. When she is not looking for lost socks, she likes making up stories about people around her, because honestly, that’s what she's been trained for. Michelle’s novel, Something Under My Bed, was elected for a Publishing Grant in a nationwide competition organized by the Media Authority Development of Singapore and the National Book Development Council of Singapore. She was also a finalist in the Singapore Broadcasting Authority National Scriptwriting Competition with her work, Promises. Her work, Anak Mas, won third prize in the Singapore Press Holdings-National Arts Council Golden Point Short Story Competition She has also been published in many magazines like Young Parents; Young Parents Baby; Young Parents Preschool Guide; Simply Her; Mother & Baby, Family; and Today’s Parents. |
We Need to Talk About The Conditions of My Imprisonment ...and other parenting stories - Michelle Tan
We Need to Talk About the Conditions of My Imprisonment ...and other funny parenting stories is a funny, quirky and original collection of short stories revolving around the less-than-favorable aspects of parenting.
If you've ever found yourself eating chocolate in the bathroom while hiding from your children, tearing your hair out as your bundle of sweetness and joy decorates the living room wall with their dinner for the umpteenth time, or pacing the floor, Zombie-like, as they cry the house down at three in the morning for reasons only they understand, then this is the book for you! Compiled by Michelle Tan and containing contributions from some of the most popular writers from the parenting community, this book promises to be the humorous antithesis to all those 'How To Be A Perfect Mother' books out there. We Need to Talk About the Conditions of My Imprisonment is released on 21st April 2018 |