Catherine Lim is a Singaporean author. Lim is known for writing about Singapore society, and the of traditional Chinese culture. In 1994, Catherine Lim wrote an article, The PAP and the people - A Great Affective Divide, critical of the ruling party in The Straits Times. For this, she was reprimanded by then-Prime Minister Goh. She holds a Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics. She has two grown children who live abroad.