Felix Chia was brought up in a traditional Baba household. After a career in journalism, he turned to books, producing social history (The Babas, Ala Sayang!) , memoirs (Reminiscences) and short stories (The Lady in Red and Her Companions). He was commissioned by the Singapore Festival of Arts to write Pileh Menantu, a play in Baba patois, in 1984. He followed this with another popular play, Laki Tua Bini Muda.
