Wendy Gruner was born and educated in Australia. In her twenties she travelled, as many young Australians do, to the UK and explored Europe. She then drifted to Canada. There she stayed, marrying a Canadian and raising a family of three daughters. She taught high school English for thirty years, always writing, accumulating unfinished manuscripts and using the excuse of a busy life not to pursue publication. After retirement, a course at The Humber School for Writers, and a trip that demanded documenting, resulted in a book. She now lives in Guelph, Ontario where she continues to write.