About the author

About the author

Ann Chin was born in Sibu, British Sarawak in Borneo.

Her Chinese name is Kit Suet/Jie Xue means pure snow.

She attended Methodist Primary and Secondary schools in Sibu.

She graduated from the University of Windsor (Canada), Auckland University and Auckland University of Technology.

She teaches ESOL to children and adults.

She is a parent advocate, and a public speaker.

She belongs to Sands, New Zealand Stillbirth and Neo natal deaths, and wears two of their wrist bands for greater awareness.

She knits baby blankets for the Neonatal Trust.

Her favourite charity is the Deaf children in Kenya. She helped raise funds to separate the pair of Nepalese Siamese twins in Singapore.

Ann is the 4th child of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Chan Hiu Fei and Mrs. Mary Kong Wah Kiew.

Ann is the author of “Diary of a Bereaved Mother, Goodbye my baby” and “From China to Borneo and Beyond,” and “Mail Order Bride.”