Charissa Ong Ty

Writer, Poet, Publisher

Malaysia

Charissa Ong Ty (born 1992) lives in Subang Jaya, Malaysia. With a career in Interactive Media Design, she juggles between her two passions; designing and writing. The No. 1 Best-Selling Midnight Monologues was her first poetry and short stories book, finalist of the 2017 International Book Awards in both categories of Poetry and Cover Design. She is also the founder of Penwings Publishing, an independent publishing house in Malaysia. Her second book Daylight Dialogues recently hit MPH’s Fiction Best-Sellers list, making her a Best-Selling Author. She has also published her third illustrated poetry book ‘What Does Your Name Mean?’ as a part of her first poetry collection, Poethree O’Clock.