Dianne Christine GallagherBorn and raised in the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales, Dianne received a high level music education at Sydney, training to become an opera singer. An early marriage to a charming but reprobate Irishman, along with attendant motherhood, put hose dreams of the would-be diva on hold. As a child, singing had always accompanied her and now, in this new existence and with a high level of qualification behind her, singing continued to form the foundation of her life and soul and her lark-like voice now found its outlet in performing with smaller vocal groups, providing an additional income for the fledgeling family. In time, there came a move for the family to Queensland's Brisbane, whereupon a family inheritance provided her with the means to indulge her other passion (that of literature), with the establishment of a bookshop there, which she managed jointly with her husband, whilst continuing with further singing performance with other groups. Eventually, came a move to Queensland's Sunshine Coast mountain hinterland and the establishment of a new bookshop there, along with a new home for her family. Singing moved into committed involvements with two community choirs there, where it remains today. Over the years, the quiet moments in the solitariness of the lone bookshop owner, boredom was relieved by the composition of simple poems and the writing of short stories for children, primarily concerning animals she had known or continued to know. As a committed animal rights advocate, that love for animals emerged in the process and so the stories continued to grow, until the time seemed right to pull them together into book form. Her new partner, post-widowhood, encouraged the production and therein provided the illustrations. Read More Read Less