Cassandra Khaw
28 workspublishing since 2015
Cassandra Khaw is a Malaysian writer of horror, fantasy and science fiction, born on 31 August 1984 in Kuala Lumpur, who has also worked as a video-game writer. Khaw began with the Rupert Wong novellas for Abaddon (2015-2017), then wrote the occult-detective novellas “Hammers on Bone” (2016) and “A Song for Quiet” (2017) for Tor.com, followed by “Nothing But Blackened Teeth” (2021), “The Salt Grows Heavy” (2023), “The Library at Hellebore” (2025) and, with Richard Kadrey, “The Dead Take the A Train” (2023). The collection “Breakable Things” won the Bram Stoker Award in 2023.
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Cassandra Khaw is a Malaysian writer of horror, fantasy and science fiction, born on 31 August 1984 in Kuala Lumpur, who has also worked as a video-game writer. Khaw began with the Rupert Wong novellas for Abaddon (2015-2017), then wrote the occult-detective novellas “Hammers on Bone” (2016) and “A Song for Quiet” (2017) for Tor.com, followed by “Nothing But Blackened Teeth” (2021), “The Salt Grows Heavy” (2023), “The Library at Hellebore” (2025) and, with Richard Kadrey, “The Dead Take the A Train” (2023). The collection “Breakable Things” won the Bram Stoker Award in 2023.
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