Felicia Yap Explained

Felicia Yap (born November 1980) is a Malaysia-born author. Her debut novel, a thriller titled Yesterday, was the subject of a bidding war by publishers.

Early life

Yap was born in November 1980 and raised in Kuala Lumpur. Her father refilled ATMs for a living and her mother was a clerk in a car repair shop.

Education and career

In 2000 Yap began to study biochemistry at Imperial College London, after which she worked as a researcher at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg. She then switched to studying history at the University of Cambridge, completing a master's degree at Sidney Sussex College[1] and a doctorate at St Catharine's College[2] on the subject of prisoners of the Japanese during the Second World War.[3] In 2007, she was elected a junior research fellow at Wolfson College, Cambridge.[4]

Yap worked as a journalist in Singapore and the United Kingdom and has written for The Economist and The Business Times. Her debut novel was a thriller titled Yesterday, followed by her second novel titled Future Perfect.[5] [6] [7] [8]

Selected publications

Notes and References

  1. University of Cambridge . University of Cambridge . 21 July 2004 . Acta: Congregation of the Regent House on 17 July 2004 . . 134 . 37 . 15 March 2019.
  2. University of Cambridge . University of Cambridge . 20 February 2013 . Acta: Congregation of the Regent House on 16 February 2013 . . 143 . 21 . 15 March 2019.
  3. Web site: How Felicia Yap went from Facebook to thriller fiction queen. Standard.co.uk. 17 August 2017.
  4. University of Cambridge . University of Cambridge . 8 August 2007 . College Notices: Wolfson College . . 137 . 37 . 15 March 2019.
  5. News: Rising stars of 2017: novelist Felicia Yap. Kate. Kellaway. 1 January 2017. The Guardian. 17 August 2017. The Guardian.
  6. Web site: Curtis Brown. Curtisbrown.co.uk. 17 August 2017.
  7. Web site: Meet Felicia Yap, author of "Yesterday"—one of 2017's most anticipated thrillers. 28 December 2016. Newsweek.com. 17 August 2017.
  8. Web site: Review: Yesterday thriller turns lens on digitally obsessed society. Scmp.com. 17 August 2017.
  9. Web site: Felicia Yap – Author of Future Perfect & Yesterday. 2021-05-21. www.feliciayap.com.
  10. Web site: Felicia Yap - Yesterday - Headline Publishing Group. Headline.co.uk. 17 August 2017.

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