Bernice Chauly

BERNICE CHAULY is a writer, poet, photographer, filmmaker and lecturer. She has published two collections of poems, going there and coming back (1997), The Book of Sins (2008) and a collection of short stories, Lost in KL (2008). She studied TESL and English Literature in Winnipeg, Canada and has worked extensively in the arts in KL for the past twenty years. An ex-journalist, radio correspondent, food writer and publisher, she has also written, acted and directed for the stage and screen. Her upcoming book Growing Up With Ghosts is a fictive memoir in five voices, based on her Punjabi/Chinese family's history and stories. Her work has been published in regional and international anthologies and she has performed in festivals in the Dutch Antilles, Suriname, South Africa, Indonesia, India and Hong Kong. She lives in KL with her two daughters.