Lauren St John
Lauren St John was born in Gatooma, Rhodesia, now Kadoma, Zimbabwe, in December 1966. After studying journalism in Africa, she moved to London, where she was for many years golf correspondent to The Sunday Times.
She is the author of several biographies on sport and music, including Hardcore Troubadour: The Life & Near Death of Steve Earle. Her acclaimed first children’s novel, The White Giraffe, was published in 2006 and has been optioned for film by Walden Media. Her latest book is Rainbow’s End (2007).