About the Author
Lila Lestrange was born in 1974 in Australia as the child of an Irish
soldier in the British Army, grew up in Germany and likes Japanese
okonomiyaki and Turkish coffee. Their national identity is "oddball".
Lila graduated from Regensburg University in Germany in 1999 with a
master's degree in Early Modern and Medieval History, although their
German school leaving certificate — which was good enough for
entry into university — did not state that they were actually
fluent in German. (Don't ask. It's the little things that make life
interesting.)
Apart from getting covered inch-thick in black library dust and
upsetting hordes of book scorpions, during their university years Lila
discovered the wonderful world of fantasy and role-playing-games. (And
that the pharmacy library has more books on alchemy than the history
library). After graduation, Lila has worked as a web designer,
journalist, translator, copywriter as well as holding a number of odd
office jobs that paid the bills!
I am a historian, sci-fi fan, parent, art lover, freak, fantasy
reader, amateur photographer, bilingual, rape survivor, latinate,
gamer, rat lover, one-time journalist, bisexual, aspiring web
designer, crosscultural, non-binary, coffee addict, escapee from
domestic abuse, knitter, women's rights advocate …
— and a writer.
… and as some of you might have guessed from that list there, I do know what I am writing about. As do a lot of other people. Quite probably people near you, people you know, people of whom you would have never guessed it.