Dr Melanie LotfaliAuthor of The Fitzgeralds of Fellowship Farm series and Unity in Diversity series.Melanie Lotfali PhD is a graduate of the Australian College of Journalism in Professional Writing for Children. She is the author of eighteen books of fiction and non-fiction for children and the illustrator of five. Melanie has taught spiritual education classes for children for the past twenty years in five countries and is currently an active animator and trainer of animators for the Junior Youth Spiritual Empowerment Program. She is a qualified counselor and classroom teacher, and for the past six years has facilitated violence prevention and respectful relationships programs in high schools.Much of her childhood was spent on the farms, beaches and mountains of Tasmania, where the Fellowship Farm series is set. As an adult she spent four years in Siberia and four years in East Timor as a pioneer. She currently lives in tropical Darwin, Australia, with her husband, sister and children.website - www.michelangela.com.au twitter - @michelangelamusfacebook - /MichelangelaMusicemail - books@michelangela.com.auTo receive Michelangela's occasional product announcements of new books and music, email Michelangela with subject: "subscribe"