Lisa D’Onofrio was born and raised in Melbourne, by Italian parents and lived in Norwich, UK for 17 years. She lives in Castlemaine, Victoria. She founded Write As Rain, which promotes and supports writing and reading in order to improve and enhance creativity, literacy, connectivity and well-being using a multi-artform and collaborative approach. She is also the founder/director of the Castlemaine Children’s Literature Festival. (Source : Author's website)