Lynley Hood

Hood was born in 1942 in Hamilton, New Zealand. She has an MSc in Physiology, and LittD from University of Otago. She currently lives in Dunedin. Hood worked in medical research until 1979, after which she worked as a freelance writer.] She has published a number of biographies and non-fiction works. She has also been published in *New Zealand Books*, the *Otago Daily Times*, the *New Zealand Listener*, *New Zealand Author*, and *North & South*.