Lily Yulianti Farid, journalist and writer, was born in 1971 and raised in Makassar (South Sulawesi). She wrote her first published work, a novella, when she was still in high school. As a journalist she has worked for Kompas daily newspaper (1996-2000), Radio Australia, Melbourne (2001-4), Radio Japan, and NHK World in Tokyo (2004-8).
