Tan Swie Hian 

Artist, poet, author and linguist, who has published translation of several volumes of Western literary works, Tan Swie Hian is indeed a man of many talents and unarguably the most celebrated multi-disciplinary artist of Singapore.

Born in 1943 in Sumatra, Indonesia, Tan Swie Hian graduated with a degree in modern languages and literature from Nanyang University in 1968. He published his first collection of modern poetry, The Giant in 1968. The book, a landmark work, is considered to be the culmination of the Chinese modernist literary movement in the history of Chinese literature in Singapore and Malaysia. To date, he has published 50 titles of poetry, fables, essays, stories, criticism and translated works. Tan is the first person to have translated works by literary giants such as Henri Michaux, Jacques Prevert, Samuel Becket, Vaslav Nijinsky and Marin Sorescu into Chinese.

Tan held his first solo art exhibition in 1973 at the National Library and since then exhibited his works in numerous solo and group shows in Singapore and around the world.

A self-taught artist, Tan works with different media and he expresses himself equally well in calligraphy, oil and acrylic painting, ink painting, printmaking, cartogravures, seal-carving, sculptures, public art, earth art and performing art. Tan never compromises on creativity and profundity and is able to merge both Eastern and Western cultures to produce a unique style.

Tan has worked with choreographers, dancers and dramatists for numerous performances and is also a stage and costume designer. His performance at the gala opening of Singapore Arts Festival 2003, Instant is a Millennium – A Musical Conversation with Tan Swie Hian, together with the Singapore Chinese Orchestra, was a unique concert experience combining music, poetry, calligraphy, sculpture and multimedia.

His achievements in the visual arts and literature, have won him recognition and many awards and accolades, both at home and abroad. Tan Swie Hian was conferred Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et les Lettres by France in 1978 and won the Marin Sorescu International Poetry Prize from Romania in 1999. He is also the first and only Southeast Asian artist to be elected as a correspondent-member to the oldest and most prestigious artistic institution in the world – The Academy of Fine Arts of the Institute of France. In 2006, he was conferred Officier de l’Ordre National de la Legion d’Honneur which is the highest honour of France.

In 1998, he was selected by the United Nations together with 97 other celebrated artists from all over the world, including Hockney, Christo, Lichtenstein, Boey, Matta and Tapies, to illustrate a new edition of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, to mark the 50th Anniversary of its adoption by the world body. He is the first Singaporean to be conferred the prestigious World Economic Forum Crystal Award 2003 in Davos, Switzerland for his outstanding achievements and contributions to cross-cultural understanding.

In Singapore, Tan was the recipient of the prestigious Cultural Medallion in 1987 and has been conferred the Excellence for Singapore Award in 1996. On National Day 2003, Tan was conferred the Meritorious Service Medal by the President of the Republic of Singapore. The award is the country’s highest recognition for an outstanding individual with significant achievements in the arts. In September that same year, Tan was conferred an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters by Nanyang Technological University for his multiple literary and artistic achievements. His latest accolades are the inaugural Spirit of Humanities Award from the Southern College of Malaysia and the inaugural Distinguished Patron of Heritage Award 2007 from the Singapore National Heritage Board.

Tan’s gigantic enamel mural and an immense floor calligraphy set in granite can be seen at the Chinatown Mass Rapid Transit station.

Highly esteemed and respected internationally, Tan’s admirers paid tribute to him in their own ways. In 1993, an avid collector, Tan Tien Chi, built the first private art museum in Singapore – Tan Swie Hian Museum. In 1996, at the entrance of the Museum of World Famous Chinese Artists’ Work located along the Yangtze River in China, Tan’s calligraphic preface was inscribed on a stele and erected at the museum’s entrance. In 2000, his essay and calligraphy to celebrate the birthday of the Yellow Emperor was inscribed on a boulder and erected in the Imperial Mausoleum, Shanxi, which is the most ancient tomb in China.

Since 2001, work has begun on the world’s first earth art museum – The All-Wisdom Gardens: Tan Swie Hian Earth Art Museum, which sprawls over a mountain range covering two square kilometers in Qingdao, China.

In 2006, Singapore Post proudly released a set of 11 stamps based on Tan Swie Hian’s creations to pay tribute to this talented and brilliant artist.

In 2006, Candid Creation Publishing in Singapore published the 9-volume Selected Works of Tan Swie Hian with the support of the Singapore National Arts Council.  The collection consists of translated works (3 volumes), essays and criticisms (2 volumes), poetry (2 volumes), fables (1 volume) and stories and plays (1 volume). The collection represents a major milestone in Tan’s pilgrim’s progress as an author and translator because it is the most complete and up-to-date.  

Dennis Ng

Dennis is the author of Mastering Your Personal Finance - a bestseller in Popular and Kinokuniya bookstores. He is an Accountant by training and a Certified Financial Planner with 16 years of banking experience in loans. He founded www.HousingLoanSG.com - a leading Mortgage Consultancy in Singapore in 2003.

He is a regular contributor to magazines and newspapers such as Business Times, Straits Times, TODAY, The Edge, Home & Décor, My Paper, Lianhe Zaobao and Lianhe Wanbao.

He is also frequently invited to speak on financial topics by various organisations such as: Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Central Provident Fund (CPF), Ministry of Defence (MINDEF), Ministry of Home Affairs, Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS), Singapore Management University (SMU), National University of Singapore (NUS), Nanyang Polytechnic, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) and Bank of East Asia.

He had co-hosted a weekly "Live" Radio Talk show with Most Popular DJ Wang Lee Jeng on 95.8 FM for more than 2 years from 2003 to 2005.

Since 8 January 2008, Dennis has been the columnist of a fortnightly Personal Finance column in My Paper.

Eugene Wijeysingha 

Eugene Wijeysingha is the author of For A Better Age. His career in education spanned a total of 35 years. Starting off as a teacher in Raffles Institution in 1959, he moved on, assuming a variety of positions within the educational establishment, finally returning to his first school as its head in 1985. Involvement in the training of school principals and attendance at international programmes on education and school leadership provided him with a broad insight into the intricacies of school management. Many of the insights gained are captured in this publication. 

  Dr Lim Su Min

Dr. Lim Su Min is the author of Lessons In Love . He is a retired doctor and a published author who has a special interest in sex education, marriage enrichment, and community development.

Through Community Development Consultants Singapore, he helps people to help themselves by using resources that are available locally in their own countries. This work involves advocacy and training in Singapore and in various locations within South East Asia.

Dr. Lim Su Min has also written a number of books on sex education including the popular Will a Girl Walk Like a Duck & Other Questions about Sex.

Born in 1946, he received his education at Anglo Chinese School (ACS) and National University Singapore (NUS). He was a gynaecologist at Kandang Kerbau Hospital and Mount Elizabeth Hospital. He retired from medical practice in 1999. He has been happily married to Sing Yu since 1970 and they have two children and five grand children.

 Francis Tay

Francis is the author of The Latent Factors. He has been working with large and small companies and start-ups for more than 25 years. 

He has facilitated the expansion strategies of companies spanning across different global markets where he was based.  Through his active participation in start-ups and businesses that he had personally invested in, he has added a wealth of new experiences to his understanding on how business owners think, strategise and execute their business. 

He has also brought these extensive experiences and knowledge into the classroom by lecturing at post-graduate level in a leading university in Singapore.

Abdul Rasheed Doad

Abdul Rasheed Doad is the Founder and Director of Singapore First Aid Training Centre, the fastest-growing First Aid School in Singapore and the region.

Backed by 6 years of experience as an emergency paramedic with the Singapore’s emergency ambulance service, Abdul Rasheed Doad has handled thousands of real-life emergency cases--ranging from minor daily emergencies to critical situations that require split-second life-and-death decisions.

With his extensive training and his ability to connect and inspire his students, Abdul Rasheed Doad has developed one of the most effective and sought after first aid training programs in Singapore. His programs have impacted the lives of tens of thousand of people the world over, empowering them to step forward and save lives in times of emergency.

Faith Ng

Faith is the author of happily evr after? She was born on 19 May in Singapore. Reading, writing, and singing are her passions.

She is currently a Primary Six student at Tao Nan School. Being effectively bilingual, she was selected to be in the special BiCEP (Bi-Cultural Chinese Elective Programme) in 2007, and will graduate with the pioneer batch of  BiCEP students at the end of2009.

Faith is active in school and currently serves as Secretary in the Executive Committee of the Prefectorial Board. She also heads the editorial team of her school newsletter, Tao Nan Scoop.

Aside from school, she sings with the Singapore Symphony Children's Choir (SSCC) and has been selected on many occasions to represent SSCC in various concerts.

Since she was 6 years old , she has has served in the Children's Ministry of her church (Faith Community Baptist Church), , leading in the worship and chorale teams.

Faith is currently preparing for her Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE), and hopes to find time to work on her second book.

Jason is the author of NET ALERT: Helping Your Child Overcome Internet Addiction Through Building Strong Relationships.  He started his first career with IBM upon graduation from National University of Singapore in 1990. He has worked in various parts of the world including Russia, China, Malaysia and Indonesia. In 2005, he decided to return to Singapore so as to spend more time with his family and bond with his children.

Since 2006, Jason has been a Family Life Educator with Families For Tomorrow Services, an MCYS - appointed School Family Education (SFE) service provider which conducts family education programmes at primary schools, secondary schools and junior colleges.  His wealth of experience in parent-child relationship management has made him a well sought after speaker around the region in Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong. Many of his parenting resources are published in the regional parenting portal   http://www.asiaparentingchampions.com/

Jason has conducted talks, trainings and workshops to thousands of parents, teachers and students on a wide range of topics including parent-child relationship management, character education, maximising of children's potential, social and emotional learning for teenagers, multiple intelligences of children, anger management for children / teenagers, work-life balance and computer gaming addiction.

Jason and his partners are passionate to advance parenting skills by providing high quality training programs and personal coaching for parents.

Jason's forte is on the handling and prevention of computer gaming addiction - a phenomenon that is pervasive in today's society. To share his passion in helping parents with this prevalent social concern, Jason was invited by Mediacorp Singapore to be the guest speaker for Singapore Parenting Congress 2009 held in July. (www.mediacorpradio.sg/spc09). He was also interviewed by "The Living Room" on 938LIVE to share his knowledge with concerned parents on this subject.           

Jason is happily married to Emelyn Ho, a teacher with an immense passion for the Chinese language, with whom he shares the joy of raising two lovely children - Faith and Caleb.

Elvin Leong

Elvin is the co-author of NET ALERT: Helping Your Child Overcome Internet Addiction Through Building Strong Relationships. holds a Master of Business Adminstration and a Diploma in Electronics Engineering. Elvin has over 19 years of sales and marketing experience in the field of electronics. In the course of his work, he had travelled extensively within Asia Pacific and had conducted many courses like "Professional Selling Skills" and "Applied Product Marketing" to hundreds of working professionals. He was a part time Lecturer with Nanyang Polytechnic where he taught Advanced Diploma courses in Strategic Marketing Management.

Elvin is also a Family Life Educator with Families For Tomorrow Services. He has conducted several talks to parents on the subject of computer addiction. His passion is to foster and see the restoration of parent - child relationship and for fathers to be more involved in the family. He is also a Senior Training Advisor with Dare to Train, a training institute committed to excellence in training. 

Elvin is happily married to Mun Yin, a trained counsellor, for 19 years. He is a proud father of two children, Daryl, a teenager in Secondary One and Amelia, a Primary Three student.

Douglas O'Loughlin

Douglas O'Loughlin is the author of Facilitating Transformation: 12 strategies for creating extraordinary breakthroughs with groups. He runs Joy of Learning Consultants, which he started in Singapore in 1993.  He fortuitously entered the world of facilitation more than 20 years ago whi le working at AT&T in the U.S., and has since facilitated workshops in more than 20 countries. His expertise is to consult, design and facilitate sessions in areas such as change, leadership/team/organization development, expansive/dynamic thinking, strategic planning, and facilitation.  

He is also an adjunct facilitator and coach with the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL), and is involved with learning communities all over the world.   Douglas has also lectured for more than 10 years in various subjects that start with "O" (Organization Behavior, Development, Effectiveness, and Theory). He  is  currently  working  on  his  PhD  in Organization  Development,  and  lectures  in the Masters of Management and Organization Development   program,   at Assumption University in Bangkok, Thailand. Originally from the New York/New Jersey area   in  the  U.S.,  he  currently  resides  in  both Singapore  and  Bangkok.  He is married to Christy.  They don't have any children or pets, but they share their life with a magical character Drax the Dragon.

Kwa Yiqian

Kwa Yiqian is the author of One Step From Paradise: An Adventure into Northern Xinjiang. Trained in accountancy, Yi Qian joined a Big Four accounting firm as an auditor for two and a half years, including a seven-month stint in Beijing.

In late 2008 however, Yi Qian decided she no longer wanted to waste precious moments of her life on a career she lacked passion for.

It was during this time that her cousin and best friend introduced her to coaching.

From then on, life took on a whole new direction.

With the clarity gained from coaching, Yi Qian started her own business in the midst of the financial crisis.

Today, she owns the exclusive distribution rights for the organic rose skincare brand from UK, Persian Rose. Details can be found at: www.lovepersianrose.com

Inspired by her personal breakthroughs, Yi Qian is also training as a coach to help others live life to the fullest as they embark on a truly rewarding journey of self-discovery.

Tan Hwei Ee

Tan Hwei Ee is the author of The Hwei Construct: A Little Collection in His Teens. He was born in 1991 in Singapore. He studied at Nanyang Primary School, then River Valley High School in 2004 and thereafter at Hwa Chong Institution (High School) from 2005 to 2007. He is currently 18 years of age and in his second and final year at Hwa Chong Institution (College).

A brilliant and well-rounded student, Hwei Ee was selected to be in the Innovation Programme at River Valley High School, and was in the Science and Math Research Programme at Hwa Chong. He was also in the Nanyang Research Programme 2007 organised by Nanyang Technological University; and Science Research Programme 2008 by National University of Singapore, culminating in various prestigious science symposiums and fairs. In addition to his flair for the sciences, his aptitude for humanities subjects was demonstrated by his decision to take up the humanities research modules throughout his secondary school years at Hwa Chong.

Hwei Ee is also an avid writer. This book - his very first - is the literal manifestation of his sustained passion in writing and literature.

This book showcases his wide repertoire of both fictional and non-fictional works in this representative collection of his writings.

Hwei Ee has three defined aspirations. His first is to be a writer. His second is for a career in life sciences research. His third is to be a university lecturer.

Zizi and Izmir 

Zizi is the author of Fatimah and Her Magic Socks. is always imagining herself embarking on different adventures. Places she has been includes a crystal palace in a teacup (her mother had one on display in the living room that was perfect for such adventures); an Arabian kingdom in her sister's big stone ring (this one she took her cousins with her); a circus complete with trumpets and bells (when her teachers in school became really boring). She likes to pen stories that are adventures in themselves! She writes plays and sometimes she directs them and designs the lights. She also likes to sing her heart out and dance with all her might.

Izmir, the illustrator of the book, has been a secret artist his whole life and he simply cannot stop himself from drawing. He has created illustrations on paper, cardboard, wooden planks, stone floors and walls, cement, beach sand and even with leftover food from his dinner plate. He has been a storyboard artist for independent short films and a feature film, as well as a visual artist for theatre performances. He enjoys living in the eastern side of Singapore.

Christy O'Loughlin 

Christy is the author of Drax the Dragon Shows His True Colours. Christy was a vice-principal of a school for children with special needs and was championing their cause, especially in the area of integration. Besides being an educator, Christy is also an expressive therapies practitioner, yoga teacher and a visual recorder.  She enjoys writing and hopes to publish more inspiring tales with meaningful messages for children of all ages. 

 Kenneth Leow

Kenneth is the author of The Pursuit of Career Actualization: Knowing Where You Are and Getting to Where You Want. Kenneth's career spans over 2 decades. After spending the first half of his career with multinational corporations (MNC) leading the successful development and implementation of Direct Sales, Channel Sales and Human Resource (HR) strategies, he is now the co-owner of a global networked human capital consulting firm that focuses on high level executive search, talent assessment and channels management consulting. With his unique background in sales and marketing, HR and finance, Kenneth was responsible for the development of the current Sales & HR development framework used by his firm.

Kenneth is certified in various profiling tools and has conducted Talent Assessment programs for many MNCs across the region. He has also pioneered new concepts on employee motivational models such as the 4Q model. In 2006 he was the only consultant from Asia chosen by one of the world's leading automotive manufacturer to be trained on their latest HR and management development tools. Kenneth is also a Sales Coach and a Public Speaker on topics like Sales & Marketing, HR Strategy, Talent Management and Channels Management. He is also a Past President of the Rotary Club.

Woon Tai Ho

Woon Tai Ho is the author of To Paint a Smile: Insights of One Artist's Approach to Happiness. A media veteran of 25 years, Woon Tai Ho has an in-depth understanding of the power of media, how it operates and how it can be utilized in both the private and public sector. Many years of intimate hands-on experience has given him a unique comprehension of how the Singapore government works internally and how it relates to foreign countries. His extensive exposure to China and countries in South-East Asia has provided invaluable knowledge of the region. Tai Ho has a broad network of contacts from the political to the economic and cultural worlds. The local press described him as a "renaissance man", shown in his first genre-defying book, To Paint a Smile.  His unique writing skills aside, his ability to weave world history and tradition to contemporary politics and the arts betrays a sharp and curious mind that is always exploring and experimenting.

In June 2009, he founded The Green Orange, a company committed to learning. With formal training of the visual arts through his A levels, Tai Ho continued to pursue the arts while working in the media. At TV12, he launched Arts Central, the first channel in Singapore dedicated purely to the every aspect of the arts. He also produced and directed many arts-related programmes on TV, the most successful being the 8-part series on Chinese Contemporary Art in 2008 on Channel NewsAsia, and a documentary based on his book To Paint a Smile in 2009. His passion for the arts, especially contemporary Chinese, Indian and Southeast Asian art led him to assist in setting up Studio 83, a two thousand square foot arts space in The John Erdos Gallery. Tai Ho curates and works wit galleries in Singapore and the region showcasing emerging and established artists.

Tai Ho is a Steering Committee member of the Singapore Arts Festival, the Singapore Biennale and a member of the National Arts Council. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree (Honours) in Political Science from the National University of Singapore and has had professional stints in Europe and the United States.

Dr Lui Hah Wah Elena

Dr Lui Hah Wah Elena is the author of .05 Significantly Yours: A Guide to Reflection on Lifelong Learning. She is an associate professor with the Psychological Studies Academic Group, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University.  She obtained a B.Soc.Sc. (Social Work) degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1968, and in the 1980s three post-graduate degrees from Michigan State University, U.S.:  M.A. (Ed), Ed'al Specialist and Ph.D. (Curr & Inst).  She received the Distinguished Alumni Award from Michigan State University in 1995, and the Public Service Medal (PBM) from Singapore's President in 1998. In the past three decades, organisations in which she has volunteered her service include, the Senior Common Room Committees of National Institute of Education and NTU, United Nations Association of  Singapore,  Fulbright  Association  (Singapore),  Singapore  Association  of  Social Workers,  National  Council  of Social  Service,  Singapore  Professional  Centre,  Singapore  Action  Group  of  Elders  and  SAGE  Counselling Centre, University Women's Association  (S) and the Feedback Group  in Education, Ministry of Community Development and Sports. 

Cheryl Liew-Chng

With more than 19 years of experience working with local and multinational corporations, her background spans the education, healthcare, retail and manufacturing industries in the areas of training, organisational development, corporate communications and business development.  She has held senior executive positions in both line and staff functions. Hence, she is intimately aware of both business and people issues. 

Cheryl has spearheaded people development, succession management and career development projects. A certified career coach and work-life consultant, she has led in and consulted with organisations in the areas of work-life flexibility, resilience and leveraging on diversity relating to multi-generations and women in the workplace.  She is also an international speaker and has published works relating to her key interest areas of creating a committed and engaged workforce, managing in multi-generational organisations and women at work. 

A mum to three young boys, she holds a graduate degree in Human Resource Development (MA HRD) from George Washington University and is an alumna of the National University of Singapore and INSEAD.

Ruchi Gupta 

Ruchi is the author of The Curly Wurly Twins on the Beach. She is a mother of a pair of twins, Shreya and Raunak. She is also a freelance writer. Having completed her education in India and U.S.A., she has had several articles published in newspapers and magazines in Brunei and Singapore. Finding a lack of children’s books related to twins in the local Singapore market, Ruchi decided to venture into writing children’s books, drawing inspiration from her own twins. This is her first children’s book. 

Kloudiia Tay IIng

Kloudiia is the author of The 69 Love Notes: Secrets to a Loving and Lasting Relationship . She is the owner and author of her website on Love and Marriage, Dating & Relationships (http://www.kloudiia.com/). She holds a degree in Business Administration and is also the first Singaporean to be accredited as a Certified Matchmaker from The Matchmaking Institute (USA).

Kloudiia is also a Licensed Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) with The Society of Neuro-Linguistic ProgrammingTM (USA).

She is a professional Love Coach for singles and couples. Believing that relationships have to begin with the self, she focuses on helping clients to expand their skills in communicating, understanding and loving their partners so as to build an emotional foundation for loving and lasting relationships. Her incisive and spot-on, yet caring coaching style has helped clients gain substantial insight into becoming loving, lovable people.

Kloudiia has received wide media exposure and you can find more information at her website.

Eric Feng

Eric Feng is the author of The FAQ Book on Public Speaking and Get to the Point. He is the Asia go-to-guy if you want to present with more confidence and charisma.

Well-known for his fresh insights and results-driven programs, Eric has successfully coached over 3,000 managers and C-level executives in the area of public speaking and organisational storytelling. Eric is also internationally certified and recognised as a Professional Coach with the International Coach Federation.

His first book titled The FAQ Book on Public Speaking sold over 8,000 copies and became a bestseller in 2008. Since then, he has been interviewed on Channel News Asia, The Straits Times, Lianhe Zaobao, Radio 93.8 and The Business Times for his speaking expertise. In 2007, Eric was also named as one of the top 25 young entrepreneurs of Asia by Business Week (USA).

Kelvin Lim

Kelvin is the co-author of The FAQ Book on Public Speaking. He started his life on stage at a young age of 5 at the encouragement of his mother. His early involvement in numerous school skits and plays allowed him to chalk up experiences and build comfort in front of a live audience. By the time he was 16, he was giving motivation speeches to fellow students in school. In junior college, Kelvin was an active member in the Debate Team.

In 1993, Kelvin joined the National Speakers' Association in Melbourne, Australia. Two years later, he became part of Toastmasters International, where his hard work started to pay off, and his talents started to shine. In 1996, Kelvin was part of the Executive Committee that brought Braddell Heights to 5th in the world (Category D; 40 members & above), thus receiving the Presidents' Distinguished Club Award.

He was also ‘Club Speech Contest Champion' that year. In 1998, he started Braddell Heights II Club that became 2nd in the world (Category A) in its 1st year, again receiving the Presidents' Distinguished Club Award. He also snagged ‘Club Speech Contest Champion', ‘Area Humor Speech Contest Champion', ‘Area Humor Speech Contest 1st runner up' and made it as a finalist to the National Humor Speech Contest.

Kelvin brought his speaking skills and gifts to the next level in 1999 when he became the Club Mentor for Life Underwriters' Association Toastmasters Club, leading it to become the 2nd in the world (Category A) in its 1st year - obtaining yet again the Presidents' Distinguished Club Award. He was later invited to be the Division Speech Contest judge.  As a committed coach and mentor, he produced Singapore's ‘Regional (South East Asia) Humor Speech Champion' that same year.

In 2000, Kelvin created and developed Executive Coach International Pte Ltd. It has since become one of the largest coaching organizations in the region, with 13 Internationally Qualified Coaches, recognized by the International Coach Federation based in the USA. In 2004, Kelvin received his Master Certified Coach (MCC) qualification, making him the first and only MCC in Singapore and S.E.A, and one of four in Asia. His crisp, direct and flexible style has earned him the respect of people from all walks of life, and his ability to deliver radical ideas has led him to become one of Singapore's most influential coaches, inspiring and touching more than 5000 people.

Sharon Ismail

Sharon is the author of What Sallamah Didn't Know. Raised on a literary diet of Enid Blyton and Judy Blume, Sharon grew up wondering why the stories of people in our lives were not captured in books, when their stories were large enough to fill many magical pages in her childhood.  Sharon’s curiosity resulted in a passion to get these voices heard, especially by our children, who have benefited from a diversity of cultures in their lives and cannot imagine the adults they love as children.    Sharon has worked as an educator at primary, secondary and polytechnic levels, and as an actor and host on stage and television for a decade.  She considers it an honour to be able to write about something so close to her heart.     

Jill Birch 

Jill is the author of Turn the Page with Squeaky Sqworm and a mother of two and works as a part-time journalist.  She's from Manchester, UK, and moved to Singapore to seek fame and fortune in 1998.  Instead, she found an Irish husband!  Now, she spends her days trying to keep up with her energetic offspring, Florrie and Frank, and hankers after a good cuppa and a chance to put her feet up.  A mother's work is never done!

Mengjie Zou 

Mengjie Zou is the author of Wings of My Expressions. She is currently attending Grade 11 at the Mt Douglas Secondary School in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

She began to write as early as 10 years old. She has been doing tutoring for her peers at school. Reading is one of her hobbies. She is ready to prepare another book to be published in future.