Ning Cai (Chinese: ??; pinyin: CÃ i NÃng; born 16 October 1982), is a Singapore Literature Prize nominated author, who was also long listed for the Epigram Books Fiction Prize in 2016.
She is best recognised for her illusionist/ escapologist stage character Magic Babe Ning, and recognised by Channel News Asia as South East Asia's first professional female magician.
Cai has been credited with popularising magic in Singapore.
She has been lauded for her good looks in various media outlets as well as publications, both locally and overseas.In October 2014, Cai announced her retirement from performing as her famous alter ego Magic Babe Ning with a keen focus on her writing career.
Soon after, she published her 2016 Singapore Literature Prize nominated autobiography Who Is Magic Babe Ning? She made a brief return to magic as the Mind Magic Mistress in 2017.
To date, she has published 3 nonfiction books and 2 fiction books, with her latest bestselling crime fiction novel Misdirection being the first of a young adult trilogy.