In a former life, Olivia Spooner worked as a Community and Hospital Pharmacist in Auckland, Wellington, and London. As a health professional she met many people from all walks of life, and discovered that listening to a patient or caregiver's story is one of the most powerful medicines anyone can prescribe.

For the past fifteen years she has pursued her passion for writing alongside raising three children and running her own business. Luckily, as owner-operator of gorgeous independent bookstore, The Booklover, she's able to indulge in her love of books and reading, and still carve out time to write. She is the number one bestselling author of two historical fiction novels, The Girl from London and The Songbirds of Florence.