My name is Lim Zheng Xuan Xavier and I am 13 years old. I am currently studying in Catholic High School, Singapore. I have a strong passion for writing, especially for adventure and mystery stories. I wrote the story “Friend or Foe” from June to July this year, aged 13.

This competition by the Young Author Scheme had provided me with an avenue to express my passion for writing stories, and allow me to destress in what was a hectic post-Circuit Breaker school reopening. It allowed my creative juices to flow freely. My love for writing began when I started reading the Percy Jackson series in Primary Four. The way the author Rick Riordan blended his powerful language, dry wit and amazing ideas together made me awestruck, and from then on I quested to write good stories and try my hand at being an author.