Lala Bohang was born in Makassar and a graduate in Architecture of Parahyangan University in Bandung. Lala’s works tend to explore about identity, memory, and possibility. Her ability to create a certain style of storytelling through text and drawing led her to publish several best-selling books, The Book of Forbidden Feelings (2016), The Book of Invisible Questions(2017), and The Book of Imaginary Beliefs (2019). She also published Lula Lyfe (2016), a playbook, The Book of Questions (2018), all published by Gramedia Pustaka Utama. The Journey of Belonging (2020) written with Lara Nuberg awarded with the International Ranald McDonald Award 2020. Lala held a solo exhibition Gendis (2013) in LIR Space, Yogyakarta and The Museum of Forbidden Feelings (2016), a fictional museum inspired by The Book of Forbidden Feelings in Qubicle Center, Jakarta. She also has participated in group exhibitions in Bandung, Jakarta, and Yogyakarta, also in Darmstadt, Sydney, New York, and Singapore. In The Middle of Everything (2023) is her latest book and solo exhibition held in dia.lo.gue, Jakarta and Purga Artspace, Ubud. Currently, she lives and works in Jakarta as a writer and visual artist.