Josephine Chia is a Peranakan or Straits Chinese and is originally from Singapore. She migrated to England in 1985. She writes both fiction and non-fiction. She is an eclectic writer and writes what she love: stories, novels, memoir of life in Singapore in the 50s, about food, yoga and spirtualilty.
Josephine was one of the winners of UK's prestigious Ian St. James awards for short fiction in 1992. Her short story was published together with the other winners by Harper Collins in an anthology, Blood, Sweat And Tears. Since then she has won many prizes for her short stories and articles.
Full details of her books can be found on her website:
www.josephinechia.com