Olivia Parker is a South African-born writer. She studied journalism at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology and cut her professional teeth at The Star newspaper in Johannesburg as an entertainment journalist. Olivia has worked in various communication mediums as a journalist, radio talk show producer and media liaison among others. Olivia’s keen interest in people, the arts and international relations has resulted in a lifetime’s worth of poetry and manuscripts. Olivia currently resides in New Zealand and a part from writing, enjoys cooking and baking for her husband Wayne and three sons Reed, Wayrinley and Hayden.