Rex Shelley
Rex Shelley was born in 1930 and grew up having seen the last vestiges of the Colonial raj, lived through the Pacific war and the Japanese occupation, and experienced the trials and uncertainty during the turbulent struggle for independence and the radical changes following it.

Mr Shelley is currently serving on the Public Service and Education Service Commissions and has his own trading business. Besides writing, he plays the piano, paints on fabrics and swims.

The Shrimp People, his first novel, was awarded the top prize by the National Book Development Council of Singapore in 1993. People of the Pear Tree and Culture Shock Japan received NBDCS book awards in 1994. Island in the Centre, his third novel, was published in 1995.