Biography
Joshua James Cheah
Joshua James is a ten-year old boy studying at SJKC Kuen Cheng 2, Kuala Lumpur. He wrote Ten Forty Three specifically to enter the Asia Young Author Awards after being shortlisted following the Malaysia Young Author Awards. Unable to travel to Sabah to attend his great-grandmother’s funeral in February 2021, Joshua gave her a leading role in his story, Ten Forty Three.
Books by Joshua James Cheah
A boy mysteriously finds himself in 1943 Jesselton with no recollection of how he got there. Adopted by the Fong family and nicknamed Ah Chai, he developed a close friendship with Get Neo, one of the Fong children. Ah Chai played a part in a secret mission, putting the entire Fong family in danger of the Japanese soldiers. In the process, he found unlikely allies and a device which might alter the course of history.