'Arnis Silvia is an Indonesian-born bilingual poet who is currently undertaking a PhD programme in Language and Linguistics, University of South Australia. She tutored English for Creative Writing. She writes poetry in both Indonesian and English and has published two books of poems in Indonesian: Titi Kala Mangsa (2017) and Niskala (2019) and one in English, Behind the Closed Door (2017). She has participated in some poetry open mics in Adelaide. She is a member of some literary groups and has published her English poems in Verse Magazine and HLT Magazine' (TEXT Special Issue 60)