JACLYN LIM

writing the unseen and the in between

About

I’m a Singaporean writer and a mother-of-two.

My debut novel, A Strange Case of Erasure, is a literary exploration of motherhood, invisibility and the psychological toll of care. Blending speculative elements with domestic realism, it examines what happens when unseen labour goes unnoticed, and what it takes to reclaim a sense of self.

It was a finalist for the Epigram Books Fiction Prize 2026 and published by Epigram Books in July 2026. I’m also working on a children’s picture book with Epigram, slated for September 2027.

My writing keeps returning to memory, identity and the textures of everyday experience.

I was previously a magazine journalist, and later spent a decade running an independent floral studio (@bloomroomsg) before coming back to writing. When I’m not at my desk, I can be found curled up on the couch with a good book, acquiring more plants than I need, or travelling across the island in search of the best fishball noodles.