Lauren Roche

I am 63, and the author of Bent Not Broken, Life on the Line, Mila and the Bone Man, and Julia Eichardt; A Life of Grit and Grace. 

In 2019, following a debilitating spinal cord injury, I retired as a medical doctor and had to reimagine my working life. This opened up the opportunity for me to pursue my other love: writing. 

In 2020, I completed the Northtec Diploma in Advanced Applied Writing. In 2021, I graduated from AUT with a Master’s in Creative Writing.

My partner Graham and I share our Tūtūkākā home with Bill, the half Manx cat, and Lucy Jordan, a significantly entitled and over-capitalised Bichon Frise.