Susan Lavender 柳安霞 identifies as a Hong Konger, having lived in Hong Kong and China over 25 years and having studied Mandarin in Beijing. She is a published poet, actress, solicitor, radio newsreader, Italian translator and Liars' League HK and Peel Street Poetry participant. She studied acting in London and performs in theatre, poetry and story-telling events, often writing her own material for fund-raising events for causes such as saving Flow Bookshop and LGBT rights. Anglo-Italian by birth, Lavender is bilingual in English and Italian and fluent in French. She has degrees in law and modern languages. [Poetry]