Lainie Jones grew up in Sydney, Australia. She has been a commercial artist, a farmer, a teacher, and an academic. She holds a PhD in Creative Writing. Lainie’s essays and short stories have been included in a number of journals and anthologies. Her most recent novels include "A Woman's Place" and a fantasy series, "The Luminara Chronicles". Lainie once lived in a valley with cows and horses, now she lives on a mountain with kookaburras, possums and wallabies.