Lions in Winter is the debut collection of short stories

Short Stories

Short Stories may refer to:*A plural for Short story*Short Stories , an American pulp magazine published from 1890-1959*Short Stories, a 1954 collection by O. E...

 by Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

-born, US-based writer Wena Poon

Wena Poon

Wena Poon is a lawyer and novelist based in the United States. She writes English-language fiction.-Biography:Poon began writing fiction in her early teens and studied English literature. She refused to enroll in any creative writing classes. She obtained her degrees in English literature and law....

.http://www.wenapoon.com/Site/Home.html The book is first published in 2007 by MPH Group Publishing.

The collection was shortlisted for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award

Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award

The Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award is a literary award for short story collections. At 35,000 euro for the best book of short stories it claims to be the world's largest prize for a short story collection. Each year, roughly sixty books are longlisted, with either four or six books...

 and the Singapore Literature Prize

Singapore Literature Prize

The Singapore Literature Prize is an award in Singapore to recognise outstanding published works by Singaporean authors in any of the four official languages: Chinese, English, Malay and Tamil....

for 2007.http://www.wenapoon.com/Site/Home.html

The collection contains 11 short stories which touch on Singaporeans and former Singaporeans making a living in the West.

The order in which the stories are arranged are as follows:

• "Kenny's Big Break"
• "The Man who was Scared of ATMs"
• "Addiction"
• "Those Who Serve, Those Who Do not"
• "Lions in Winter"
• "Dog Hot Pot"
• "The Shooting Ranch"
• "The Move"
• "The Toys"
• "The Hair-Washing Girl"
• "Mrs. Chan's Wedding Dinner"