Lindsay de Feliz was born, raised and educated in the UK, graduating in Modern Languages from Wolverhampton University, and holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Bradford University. She worked for over 20 years as Marketing Director for various financial service companies, as a Marketing lecturer and a freelance consultant. She then decided to follow her dreams and travel the world as a scuba diving instructor, ending up in the Dominican Republic. She fell in love with the country and its people and eventually met and married a Dominican, becoming step-mother to his three young sons. She has been living there for the past 11 years, working as a writer, translator and marketing consultant. Lindsay currently lives in the middle of nowhere in the Dominican Republic with her husband, four dogs and seven cats.