[2][3] Her father was a diplomat and the family moved frequently, so she spent her formative years in Thailand, Germany, Japan and Singapore.
[4][7] It later formed the basis of the Netflix-original series The Ghost Bride, which was co-directed by Malaysian directors Quek Shio-chuan and Ho Yu-hang.
[14] The Ghost Bride was described by the New York Journal of Books as suitable for readers who want "to learn about cultural tradition or who have tired of either vampire or zombie genre".
[17][18] Critical theorist Anita Harris Satkunananthan,[19] through her analysis of the work, coined the term "Malaysian Chinese Domestic Gothic" to describe the text.
[20] Patricia Schultheis, writing in the Washington Independent Review of Books, described The Night Tiger as a "darn good yarn" that is "free of political polemics and post-colonial self-righteousness".