Lesley Durrell Ljungdahl taught at secondary schools in England and Australia before becoming a lecturer in English. After gaining a Diploma in Librarianship at University College, London, she travelled to Canada and completed her MA at Concordia and her Master of Library Science at McGill. She lectured at the Kuring-gai Collegeof Advenced Education and undertook an MA (Hons) course at the University of Sydney. (Source: Dustcover of A Week in the Future)