Elizabeth Sharland is an actress, author, playwright, musician and artist. Trained at the Guildhall School in London she toured Australia with the Old Vic Company headed by Katharine Hepburn and Robert Helpmann. She worked for Yul Brynner on his fi nal tour of "Th e King and I" as his PA across America, and she has had 2 plays produced in London and 3 in New York. Th is is her 10th book. She lives in London, New York, and Palm Beach.