Nadya RadonichNadya Radonich was born in Sydney, Australia on November 1st, 1992 to Julie and Grant Radonich. She grew up in the town of Murwillumbah in the Tweed Valley, New South Wales. When she was three, she moved with her parents to Indonesia where her fatherworked as a Project Manager. She attended preschool there and returned to Australia when she was five years old.She started writing at a young age, and has a love of animals, a love that was part of the inspiration for The Elephant Whisperer's Daughter. She also lived and went to school in Phuket, Thailand for a number of years, and spent a brief period in India, an experience that opened her eyes, and heart, to different cultures.Today, she lives with her mother, father, brother and three dogs in the village of Nunderi, in the Tweed Valley. Read More Read Less