Afiena KammingaAfiena Kamminga was born and spent the first half of her life in the Netherlands before immigrating to the east coast of Canada, the setting of and inspiration for Unamakik. She has studied and earned advanced degrees in law, anthropology, and journaism and has won numerous regional writing awards for her unpublished fiction and non-fiction works.

She has previously published The Sun Road, the beginning of Thora's saga and the prequel to Unamakik, and The Storks Came Back, a historical novel for young readers inspired by her husband's experience growing up in Nazi-occupied Denmark.

Afiena and her husband now live on the west coast of Canada on Vancouver Island with their two adventurous dogs and one not-so-adventurous cat. Read More Read Less