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Danny Jalil
Danny studied Creative Writing and Screenwriting at LaSalle-SIA College of the Arts, and his novel The Machine Boy was a winner of NAC’s Beyond Words: Young and Younger Award. He wrote the graphic novels Lieutenant Adnan and The Last Regiment, and Elizabeth Choy: Her Story, which were illustrated by artist Zaki Ragman a
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The creative field where I can express my ideas through art and story.
Lasalle-SIA College of the Arts4 years
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- The Machine Boy
When 12-year-old Mohammad Aman saves his father from falling machinery on a fateful day in the year 1889 and is himself crushed by it, he is remade with machine parts by scientist Professor Isaac Reading, and is thrust into a world in which he has to grow up quickly. Now part-boy, part-machine, Aman has to contend with prejudice, political intrigue and the criminal underworld. Torn between loyalty and obligation, Aman has to make a decision that will change the fate of Singapore forever. The Machine Boy is a winner of the 2011 “Beyond Words: Young and Younger” contest organized by the National Arts Council.
- Enrique the Black
I wrote the novel Enrique the Black, publish by Penguin Random House SEA. It chronicles the adventures of a Malay slave boy who was captured by the Portuguese and his adventures around the world and explores the meaning of slavery and freedom.
