Siew Siang Tay was born in Malacca, Malaysia. After working for eleven years in the petroleum industry in Malaysia, she emigrated to Australia in 1992 with her daughter. She currently works at the University of South Australia. Her short stories have been published in literary magazines worldwide including Meanjin and Dimsum. In 2007 she was one of the winners of the HarperCollins Varuna Awards for Manuscript Development for Handpicked. She lives in Adelaide. www.siewsiangtay.com
