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Janet Tay is the author of Early Mornings at the Laksa Cafe and the forthcoming Late Nights at the Donabe Diner. Janet is a Tin House Winter Workshop alum, and her short stories and journalistic pieces on literature, food and parenting have appeared in various collections and magazines. The first act of her full-length play Reunion was longlisted for The Windsor Fringe Kenneth Branagh Award for New Drama Writing. She lives in Kuala Lumpur with her husband and son.

Books by Janet Tay

Late Nights at the Donabe Diner

At Hana Chen's community diner, no guest ever goes hungry in this delicious and heartwarming novel about food and found family, for fans of The Kamogawa Food Detectives and Before the Coffee Gets Cold

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Early Mornings at the Laksa Cafe

A mouthwatering and uplifting story about honouring tradition and finding your own way in life, set in family-run restaurants between Malaysia and Hong Kong

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