CHRIS DAVIES CURTIS was born in Yorkshire, England and trained to be a nurse in Birmingham. She married Londoner Ken and they moved to the British Channel Isle of Sark. After several years of running their guest house and smallholding and nursing, they travelled to New Zealand, touring in a Bedford van and working for two years from Cape Reinga to Stewart Island. Returning to live in NZ Chris became a rural district nurse. After her marriage ended she returned to Sark to 'the love of her life.' After he died, she immigrated to NZ and took a creative writing course, starting to write. Website www.chrisdaviescurtisbooks.com