Nalini Singh was born in Fiji and raised in New Zealand. She spent three years living and working in Japan, and travelling around Asia before returning to New Zealand now - although she's always plotting new trips. She has worked as a lawyer, a librarian, a candy factory general hand, a bank temp and an English teacher, not necessarily in that order. Some Born in Fiji, and raised in New Zealand, Nalini Singh is a paranormal romance author. Initially trained as a lawyer, Singh turned to writing following the publication of her first novel, Desert Warrior, in 2003. From there, Singh’s books have been translated into over 20 languages, and have consistently appeared on the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists since 2009. She is a two-time winner of the Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Novella/Novellette, and has won an array of awards from the Australian Romance Readers Association (ARRA) and Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Awards. people might call that inconsistency, but she calls it grist for the writer's mill.