Sundari Mardjuki

Sundari Mardjuki is an Indonesian author living in Depok, West Java, Indonesia. She was born in Temanggung, Central Java in December 1975. She moved to Depok, West Java in 1994 to pursue her study at University of Indonesia, Faculty of Cultural Studies. She found her passion in writing since she was in high school, where she wrote short stories but kept it for herself.

She used to work as Senior Marcomm Manager at Sony Music Entertainment Indonesia, where she closely works with many popular Indonesian artists such as Isyana Sarasvati, Fatin Shidqia, Judika, GAC, TheOvertunes, among others.

During her stay in The Netherlands, she studied about writing at the Amsterdam Writing Workshop from 2010 – 2011.

Her books : Papap, I Love You - A Novel

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Mochtar Lubis

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Leila S. Chudori

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Tere Liye

Author from Indonesia.

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Vinca Callista

Published Novels:

1. Sang Panglima Laskar Onyx (fantasylit, GagasMedia 2007)

2. Semburat Senyum Sore (teenlit, Grasindo 2011)

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5. SERUAK (psychothriller novel, Grasindo 2014)

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7. Kilah (psychothriller novel, Grasindo 2015)

8. Daddy's Little Girl (psychothriller novel, coming soon)
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Romance writer, omnivore reader.
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Durian Sukegawa studied oriental philosophy at Waseda University, before going on to work as a reporter in Berlin and Cambodia in the early 1990s. He has written a number of books and essays, TV programmes and films. He lives in Tokyo.

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Almira Bastari

instagram : @almirabastari
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