Judith Lydia Mercure started writing during her childhood summers on a family homestead in Frenchtown, Montana. By the time she was 22, she was a keen traveler fascinated by the diversity of our planet. She continued writing at desks in a Buddhist temple in rural Japan, in a canal house in Leiden, the Netherlands, in guesthouses in Bangkok, Thailand and in Victorian cottages in Australia. Now a full-time writer living between Sydney, Australia and Gig Harbor, WA, USA, Judith Lydia's stories are drawn from her love of our planet's distinctive wildlife and her experience as a teacher, travel journalist, magazine editor, publisher, translator, and science marketing professional.