Siti Malini Mat is a numbersmith turned wordsmith. She graduated in engineering from Cambridge University and spent thirteen years working in an oil and gas company before taking a leap of faith. She has translated Jean Webster’s classic novel Daddy-Long-Legs into her native Malay and is now working on translation of Francis Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden. Her other recent translation works include books on travels, parenting, and health. Her short stories have been published in local magazines and anthologies.