Judith Mok was born in Holland, to Jewish survivors of the Holocaust. She trained as a classical singer and travelled the world performing as a soloist, while publishing poetry and novels in Dutch. For the last twenty years she has been based in Ireland, where she has become the country's leading voice coach, working with classical singers and international pop stars like Grace Jones, Dermot Kennedy and many others. She started to write in English and has published a novel and a collection of poetry.