Julie Ee is a 32-year-old mother of two – a girl and a boy aged four and two respectively. Born and bred in Singapore, Julie has lived in three cities – Frankfurt, London and currently Sydney for the past five years because of her husband’s work. Having had the privilege of interacting with children of different nationalities, Julie had a glimpse into their relationship with stories and books. After leaving Singapore, Julie continued to write freelance but finally gave up, preferring to instead to make up stories for her little darlings who have an insatiable appetite for stories. Her first book That Little Girl is one of the 14 books under the First-Time Writers & Illustrators Publishing Initiative Jointly organised by the National Book Development Council of Singapore and the Media Development Authority.



Born in 1957
ELANGOVAN, bilingual poet, playwright-director, screenwriter, literary editor, transcreator, and pioneer of modern Tamil poetry and Tamil experimental theatre in Singapore, obtained a BA (Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts) and a MA (Middlesex University, UK) in Theatre Directing.

He has published three collections of poetry: Vizhichannalkalin Pinnalirunthu (Behind Windows of Eyes), 1979, Mounavatham (Silent Annihilation), 1984, and Transcreations (a bilingual collection), 1988, and eleven collections of plays, DOGS and Other Plays, 1996, TALAQ (Divorce), 1999, BUANG SUAY and Other Plays, 2001, FLUSH - recipient of the Singapore Internationale Award, 2002, MINES, 2003, OODAADI (Medium) - recipient of the Singapore Internationale Award, 2003, O$P$ (OweMoneyPayMoney), 2004, 1915 - recipient of the Singapore Internationale Award, 2005, SMEGMA, 2006, P (Shit), 2007, and I, BOSE, 2009.

Elangovan is listed on tamilnation.org as one of the renowned individuals in their list of 100 Tamils of the 20th Century - Tamils who had made significant contributions to the world.

He received the 1997 SEA (South-East Asia) Write Award, Southeast Asia’s premier literary prize, in Bangkok, Thailand for his bilingual contribution to literature (poetry) and theatre in Singapore.


Elmo Jayawardena was born in Sri Lanka. A permanent resident of Singapore, Elmo shuttles between Sri Lanka and Singapore enjoying his life in Singapore and working with the poor in Sri Lanka.

Elmo is the Founder/President of AFLAC International, a humanitarian organisation working to alleviate poverty. All proceeds from the sale of his books are channelled to the poor. Forbes Global featured Elmo in 1999 for his humanitarian work and Readers Digest honoured Elmo by featuring him as an "Everyday Hero” in 2001. His novel Sam’s Story won the Graetean Award for the best book in Sri Lanka in 2001 and his Last Kingdom of Sinhalay won the State Literary Award for the best book in Sri Lanka in 2005.