Samantha Chong
@samjamtimtam.bsky.social
✍️ Malaysian fiction writer
💻 freelance social media strategist/newsletter person
🧠 lover of puns
🍴avid food maker/eater
🐅 YA fantasy PRODIGAL TIGER (Putnam Children's) > March 17, 2026.
rep: Larissa Melo Pienkowski
https://linktr.ee/samjamtimtam
💻 freelance social media strategist/newsletter person
🧠 lover of puns
🍴avid food maker/eater
🐅 YA fantasy PRODIGAL TIGER (Putnam Children's) > March 17, 2026.
rep: Larissa Melo Pienkowski
https://linktr.ee/samjamtimtam
Prodigal Tiger has and always will be a love letter to my hometown, but also the idea of home, complicated as it feels once you leave and come back. I hope you see something of yourself in Caroline and her friends ❤️
November 18, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Prodigal Tiger has and always will be a love letter to my hometown, but also the idea of home, complicated as it feels once you leave and come back. I hope you see something of yourself in Caroline and her friends ❤️
Hi! I'm Samantha Chong, a Malaysian fiction writer. My Malaysian YA fantasy debut PRODIGAL TIGER follows Caroline Chua, a young witch who returns home to Penang, Malaysia, to find her missing brother, only to realise that if she wants to him back, she's going to have to fight more than a few ghosts.
November 18, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Hi! I'm Samantha Chong, a Malaysian fiction writer. My Malaysian YA fantasy debut PRODIGAL TIGER follows Caroline Chua, a young witch who returns home to Penang, Malaysia, to find her missing brother, only to realise that if she wants to him back, she's going to have to fight more than a few ghosts.
All 6 elements are present in PRODIGAL TIGER, a Malaysian YA fantasy where a girl returns home to find her missing brother has been kidnapped by ghosts. ft:
🌴 malaysian lore
🌴 complicated diaspora feelings about home
🌴 second chance friends to lovers (? maybe?)
bit.ly/prodigal-tig...
🌴 malaysian lore
🌴 complicated diaspora feelings about home
🌴 second chance friends to lovers (? maybe?)
bit.ly/prodigal-tig...
Prodigal Tiger by Samantha Chong
An action-packed YA contemporary fantasy debut that brings vibrant Malaysian folklore to life.For five years, Caroline Chua has lived in exile from her home ...
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August 16, 2025 at 1:39 PM
All 6 elements are present in PRODIGAL TIGER, a Malaysian YA fantasy where a girl returns home to find her missing brother has been kidnapped by ghosts. ft:
🌴 malaysian lore
🌴 complicated diaspora feelings about home
🌴 second chance friends to lovers (? maybe?)
bit.ly/prodigal-tig...
🌴 malaysian lore
🌴 complicated diaspora feelings about home
🌴 second chance friends to lovers (? maybe?)
bit.ly/prodigal-tig...
Hi Christina! Thanks for surfacing this :) I'm publishing a SE Asian YA fantasy in March 2026, about a girl who returns to Malaysia to find her missing brother, only to find ghosts have kidnapped him! Here's more info: www.penguinteen.com/978059386010...
Prodigal Tiger by Samantha Chong
An action-packed YA contemporary fantasy debut that brings vibrant Malaysian folklore to life.For five years, Caroline Chua has lived in exile from her home ...
www.penguinteen.com
August 2, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Hi Christina! Thanks for surfacing this :) I'm publishing a SE Asian YA fantasy in March 2026, about a girl who returns to Malaysia to find her missing brother, only to find ghosts have kidnapped him! Here's more info: www.penguinteen.com/978059386010...
Boy do you want to keep an eye out in the next few hopefully weeks 😉
July 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Boy do you want to keep an eye out in the next few hopefully weeks 😉
IT SURE IS 😉😉😉 it was such an iykyk moment when I saw it on the cover!!!
July 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
IT SURE IS 😉😉😉 it was such an iykyk moment when I saw it on the cover!!!
ahhh thank you!!!!!
July 12, 2025 at 3:59 PM
ahhh thank you!!!!!
isn't it just!!! thank you for sharing ❤️
July 12, 2025 at 3:59 PM
isn't it just!!! thank you for sharing ❤️
ME TOO (several weeks later lol)
July 12, 2025 at 3:59 PM
ME TOO (several weeks later lol)
thank you rajani!!!!!!! I still cry every time
July 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
thank you rajani!!!!!!! I still cry every time
thank you for sharing my friend!! it's never too late, the party goes on forever haha
July 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
thank you for sharing my friend!! it's never too late, the party goes on forever haha
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June 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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You can now pre-order PRODIGAL TIGER here: www.penguinteen.com/978059386010...
Pre-order Prodigal Tiger by Samantha Chong
An action-packed YA contemporary fantasy debut that brings vibrant Malaysian folklore to life.For five years, Caroline Chua has lived in exile from her home ...
www.penguinteen.com
June 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
You can now pre-order PRODIGAL TIGER here: www.penguinteen.com/978059386010...
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May 31, 2025 at 1:14 PM
All proceeds received for sales of the anthology (only $18!) will support Yu and Me Books, NYC's only Asian-owned bookstore. The goal is to reach $2000 by 6/15 — any donations or purchases are appreciated. www.zeffy.com/en-US/fundra...