ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Lucy Angela Florrie was born in Liverpool, England, into a theatrical family, so it was pretty much a given that the stage would fascinate her.

Lucy’s acting career started as a five year old, convincing a stranger on a tram that she was born into an extremely poor family, happily ending up with sixpence in her pocket. Sitting in the seat behind, Lucy’s Mum could only smile and shake her head at her young daughter’s repartee, wit and somewhat artful talent.

At thirteen, in her make shift theatre set up in the garage, Lucy wrote, directed and acted in plays for her family, neighbors and the aged care home across the road. Her parents knew that acting ran in her blood and were proud that she recruited the local kids to act in her productions. Proud too, that she cared enough to entertain the elderly.

Years later Lucy formed a band and they toured the clubs in Liverpool for four years. Lucy dabbled in go-go dancing, sadly alone in a cage. She was eventually rescued from gyrating isolation, accepting an offer to be part of Liverpool’s first go-go dance troupe. At the opposite end of the dancing scale, her love for ballroom and Latin would take over her life, seven nights a week for years.

After her parents heartbreakingly died within seven months of each other, Lucy and her sisters emigrated to Australia to start new chapters in their lives. Lucy continued acting, scoring lead roles in amateur plays, musicals and bit parts in film and TV. Lucy also loves writing poems and limericks for friends and relatives for special occasions.

A trip to Europe with two friends – and not just any old trip – was the catalyst for this narrative.