Born in New Zealand in 1938, Lorraine James has lived an expatriate life across the UK and Southeast Asia, including Hong Kong and the Philippines. After moving to Australia, she lived in Sydney for nearly twenty years, founding her giftware company Kate Finn in 1978 and continuing to travel widely over the next four decades. She moved to live in the Southern Highlands in 1995, continuing, with her designer daughter, to distribute luxury nursery and children’s products throughout Australia and New Zealand. Since semi-retirement in 2019, Lorraine has devoted herself to writing short fiction as a member of the Fellowship of Australian Writers, culminating in her first collection, Flights of the Mind.
