Vyvyane Loh was born in Ipoh, Malaysia and moved to Singapore with her family when she was five. Besides her rigourous schooling in Singapore, she studied ballet (Royal Academy of Dance syllabus and exams), the piano (Royal Academy of Music), and Speech/Drama (Trinity College). She spent a brief period in Canterbury, Kent, before starting college at Boston University where she double-majored in Biology and Classics. While in college, she developed an interest in creative writing and began writing poetry. A highlight of her college years was her summer in Sligo, Ireland at the International Yeats School where she was honoured and delighted to meet and be in a workshop led by Seamus Heaney. She currently writes, choreographs and moonlights as a physician. Breaking the Tongue, a historical novel set in Singapore during WW II.