Olivia Spooner is a bestselling author of historical fiction. Her novels The American Boys, The Songbirds of Florence, and The Girl from London have all spent several weeks at the number one spot on the New Zealand Fiction charts. She is also the author of two contemporary novels, A Way Back to Happy and A Bumpy Year. A former independent bookshop owner, Olivia loves to spread the joy of books and reading. She has a Masters in Creative Writing from AUT, and currently lives in Auckland, New Zealand.