“I knew you’ll have a twisted life. You were born a breach baby.”—Mother

Anisha first proved her mum right when she decided to study Arts despite scoring 95% in science. Unlike her well-paid engineer siblings, she chose to be a writer (Woe is her). With some luck and an unhealthy amount of caffeine, she completed rather memorable stints at Ogilvy, DDB, Dentsu Singapore and Hogarth. In yet another plot twist, at 31, she surprised herself by enrolling for a master’s degree in Creative Writing at Lasalle College of Arts. There she was awarded a scholarship and the confidence to write literary fiction. Her essays and stories have been published in Quarterly Literary Review Singapore, The Hindu, Arre etc. In 2021, her writing was featured in a digital exhibition called (Un)becoming highlighting the tenacious relationship between mothers and daughters (how’s that for poetic justice). When not writing or overdosing on black tea, she plays board games, dishes out unwanted opinions on her favourite TV shows and beats her cat in a staring competition.