Lana Penrose

Lana Penrose est une romancière australienne dont les livres sont publiés chez Penguin/Viking. Le premier volume de ses mémoires "To Hellas & Back", dont l'action se passe en Grèce, est un bestseller sur le point d'être adapté au cinéma. Son deuxième livre, "Kickstart My Heart" a rencontré un immense succès critique et raconte sa vie périlleuse de femme célibataire désespérément en quête d'amour. Ses livres sont drôles, véridiques, crus et parfois tristes.

Avant de devenir romancière, Lana a eu plusieurs vies : responsable communication pour un label de musique, journaliste de musique, productrice de télévision et assistante personnelle d'une star de la pop. Ses livres et elle apparaissent dans d'innombrables magazines (dont Vogue), des journaux, mais aussi à la radio et à la télévision.

A propos de "Hellas & Back":

L'histoire drôle et émouvante d'une femme, amoureuse et perdue en Grèce.

A propos de 'Kickstart My Heart':

L'histoire véridique et hilarante d'une séparation, d'un divorce et d'un nouveau départ.

[English: Bestselling author Lana Penrose was born in Sydney, Australia. Her various incarnations have included record company promotions gal, music journalist, MTV producer and personal assistant to an iconic pop sensation known the world over. She also did a brief stint with Simon Cowell.

Along the way she moved to Greece and penned the acclaimed bestseller 'To Hellas & Back' as her mind melted. Her second release 'Kickstart My Heart' followed. Both madcap memoirs were originally released through Penguin/Viking. Both were extremely well received.

Lana has appeared on national breakfast television and she and her books have featured in Vogue, Cleo, Madison, Famous, Woman's Day, That's Life and numerous newspapers and radio shows. She appeared on stage as part of the Darren Hayes Big Night In tour throughout the UK, Ireland, Sydney and Thailand. She was also a guest speaker on four panels at the prestigious Byron Bay Writers' Festival.

With her stories being rife with musical references, a 'Kickstart My Heart' companion CD was released through Universal Music.

Today Lana can be found gazing through her window in between writing thought-provoking sentences and wishing that she had a cat. New releases are in the works.]