Alina LoneckAlina Loneck was born in Nottingham in the UK in 1953 and emigrated to Australia in the mid-seventies.She was not a naughty child, but she was strong-minded, adventurous, and creative. By seven, she could show you one hundred and one things to make fom a wooden peg. Her first story was about a zebra. She claims this had absolutely nothing to do with a sit-down protest she made in the middle of a zebra-crossing as a toddler. It did, however, have everything to do with a mother who had no grasp of the relativity of leg length to age and distance travelled.Alina has an Honours Degree in Psychology and English Literature from Leeds University and a Bachelor of Visual Arts from Sydney College of the Arts. These explain why her eye colour can switch readily from steel blue to baby blue, dependent upon whether you are trying to put something over on her or whether the beauty of a sun-kissed day overcomes her.Upon her retirement six years ago, Alina relocated from Sydney's Northern Beaches to Coffs Harbour.At last, free to do as she wished, she discovered that writing fiction provided her with a sense of purpose and adventure, as it allowed her to tell imaginative lies to reveal profound truths; something she would never do in her everyday life.However, it is no word of a lie to say that her most precious roles in life are as mother and friend. Read More Read Less