About Siang Lu
Born 1986. Siang Lu is a writer.
Siang Lu (born 1986) is a Chinese Malaysian Australian author based in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. He is best known for winning the Miles Franklin Award in 2025 for his novel Ghost Cities.
Lu completed the manuscript for his second novel, Ghost Cities, in 2015, but the book was rejected more than 200 times by publishers in Australia and overseas before being published by University of Queensland Press in 2024. The success of his debut novel The Whitewash led him to revisit the manuscript.
Personal life
Lu is of Chinese Malaysian heritage and was raised between two cultures. He has two children, and works full-time in the technology sector.
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Asian-Australian writer
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Siang Lu was born in 1986.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Siang Lu. https://biography.guide/siang-lu/
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