Butler, Jennifer

Lizzie Harwood's love of her home country, New Zealand, spills over into her writing, as evidenced by the vibrant-and sometimes charmingly quirky-stories she tells.

That isn't to say she doesn't adore her adopted country, France, where she currently resides with her husband and two children.

She writes with a passion inspired by living and travelling around the world.

Lizzie's first title is "Triumph: Collected Stories" and she will release a memoir, "Xamnesia: Everything I Forgot in my Search for an Unreal Life" in May 2015.

When she isn't writing, she's neck-deep in editing. Visi...