Cher Tan was born in Singapore in 1987 and moved to unceded Kaurna land (so-called ‘Adelaide’) in 2012. She learned how to write through making zines and blogging. Her essays, criticism and other written work have been published widely. She is the reviews editor at Meanjin and an editor at Liminal, and currently lives and works on unceded Wurundjeri land. Peripathetic is her first book.