Serena Clarke grew up in a family of itchy-footed readers and dreamers-not concentrating, reading the atlas and Narnia books, and planning to run away somewhere magical as soon as she could. At 16, she packed her bags and went to live in faraway Sweden. It was the beginning of many travels and adventures...with a few mishaps along the way! Seventeen countries later, she’s living her happily ever after near the beach in beautiful New Zealand, where she loves to hang out with her boys, escape into books and movies, and write romantic, escapist women’s fiction. Find her online at www.serenaclarke.com.