Lorraine is the daughter of an Austrian mother and an Indian father and was raised on an East London Council Estate. She?s loved reading ever since she first learned how and some of her favourite children?s authors are Roald Dahl, Judy Blume, Frances Hardinge, Beverley Cleary and Astrid Lindgren.?She?s had various jobs over the years including school dinner lady, chef and restaurant manager but secretly she always wanted to be a writer. It was only when she started making up stories to entertain her son that she finally decided to stop being scared, follow her dream and try to get published. After many years of hard work she?s thrilled to have achieved her ambition.Lorraine loves reading fantasy and science fiction and making up new worlds in her stories. Her latest book ?Interdimensional Explorers? is super fun because she can create as many worlds as she likes for her heroes to explore while fighting off evil aliens and generally saving the multi verse?