Dano Chow is a writer from Batu Pahat, Malaysia. His first short story ‘Sons and Daughters’ was published in Little Basket 2017: New Malaysian Writing by Fixi Novo. In 2021, his poetry collection Everything in Life Is a Fire was published by Shuren Press. In 2023, his poem ‘The world is not masculine’ was published in Issue 11 of Portside Review. His debut novel Unquiet Heart Soliloquy was published by Penguin Random House SEA in 2023. Dano has served as an editor for architectural publisher Suburbia Projects, and graphic design studio Where’s Gut. He holds an MA in Philosophy from the Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy (CRMEP). He also translates from Malay and Mandarin into English with the aid of his trusty corgi, Pagi.