Allison O'Neill is an author who lives in New Zealand. While glaringly obvious in hindsight, it took Allison years to realise she loved words. By the time she figured it out she had accidentally taught herself to write. Her management and HR articles were published regularly in The National Business Review, Corporate Responsibility Management, The Press, Canterbury Today, NZ Business, Idealog, Chamber of Commerce Magazines and HR magazines in Australia, the UK and USA. In 2008 she released a management book called 'The Boss Benchmark' which Global CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi Kevin Roberts endorsed, and brought 45 copies for his international management team. In 2010 she released her (now unpublished) debut called 'Your Perfect Life' before she got busy being a mum to three. Her second fiction release was not until 2017 titled 'The Result of Kidnap'. 'The Edge of Myself' was released in July 2021.