Vivien Sung is a first-generation Australian author born and raised in Sydney with parents from Shanghai. Sung graduated from the University of Technology, Sydney with a degree in visual communication and has studied Mandarin at Beijing Normal University. A frequent traveller to China, Sung has designed books and magazines for Chronicle Books, San Francisco; Rizzoli, New York City; Random House, Australia; Fairfax Publications, Australia; and Conde Nest, Australia. Five-Fold Happiness is Sung’s first book.