Myths, Folklore & Legends: We Still Need Our Fairy Tales | Heidi Shamsuddin | TEDxUniversityofMalaya

Heidi is an award-winning author of stories inspired by Asian mythology and history for both adults and children. A former maritime lawyer and restaurant owner, Heidi Shamsuddin is the author and creator of ‘The Door Under the Stairs Series’ published by Oyez Books. Four books in this time-travelling series have already been published, with four more to follow.
In 2012, she won the regional prize in the Eye Level Children’s Literature Award for her short story ‘Johan the Bee Hunter’. More recently, her short stories have been published in the Fixi Novo anthologies, PJ Confidential, The Chronicles of KK, Micro Malaysians’ and Remang: An Anthology of Ghostly Tales’ published by Terrer Books.
She has just completed her YA novel set in Mount Kinabalu and is currently working on her second novel. In addition to writing fiction, Heidi works closely with local animation companies to write scripts and create characters and stories for TV series and short animated films.
In her former life, Heidi was a maritime lawyer working in London and a restaurateur in Kuala Lumpur.
Heidi Shamsuddin is the author and creator of ‘The Door Under the Stairs Series’ published by Oyez Books. Four books in this time-travelling series have already been published, with four more to follow.
In 2012, she won the regional prize in the Eye Level Children’s Literature Award for her short story Johan the Bee Hunter. More recently, her short stories have been published in the Fixi Novo anthologies, PJ Confidential, The Chronicles of KK, Micro Malaysians’ and Remang: An Anthology of Ghostly Tales’ published by Terrer Books.
She has just completed her YA novel set in Mount Kinabalu and is working on her second novel. In addition to writing fiction, Heidi works closely with local animation companies to write scripts and create characters and stories for TV series and short animated films.
In a former life, Heidi was a maritime lawyer working in London and a restaurateur in Kuala Lumpur. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

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This video is cited as a source in a list for a mythology course, and it really deserves it's place :)

[@starrychomps6672]

This really changed my perspective! I'm so excited to try writing more fairy tales now that I better understand what they are. :)

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This is AMAZING! Enjoyed it!

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Incredible, love it.

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Too good ❤️

[@ismiakif8291]

Hai heidi. I love ur presentation.. This story was amazing. I told this SI TANGGANG to my son already... 😅 Semoga Allah merahmati anak2 kita.

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so epic and true

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This is so gooodd

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ayee my aunt 😊

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