Lorraine Blundell (Dance), a multi gold award winning author, was born in Brisbane, Australia. She lives in Melbourne and has a daughter, Jenni, and a son, Steve. Lorraine graduated from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Arts Degree majoring in English and History. She holds a teaching qualification in Drama from Trinity College, London.

She trained as a classical singer at the Queensland State Conservatorium of Music, Brisbane. During that period, she performed professionally on television as a solo vocalist, regularly performing for six years on channels BTQ7 and QTQ9 as well as nationally on HSV7 Melbourne. She is an experienced performer in musical theatre productions. Her interests are ancient history and archaeology.