Satyadevi Verne BarrettSatyadevi is an ordained Buddhist, a qualified chaplain connected with the Liberation Prison Project in Aoteoroa New Zealand, where she was born in 1946. She has Maori and Scot ancestry and was brought up in the beautiful Coromandel coastal area of te North Island, before nursing through the time of the Vietnam war. A childhood spent roaming and relishing its natural beauty, dreamy seascapes, hills and bush inspire her writing. Here, in Te Ao Hurihuri, 'whanau tales', heard at her mother's knee, merge with her own, and inspire her fictional storytelling. Read More Read Less