Royana Hamilton is an author and housewife who was born and raised in New Zealand. Having left school with no real qualifications, Royana drifted through several jobs before she decided to change her life.
Packing a rucksack, she decided to backpack from Sydney to Brisbane, but the experience thrilled her so much that she kept going, all the way to Darwin. From there she went on to travel through Indonesia and the Philippines and then into Southeast Asia, where she met her future husband.
Back in New Zealand and ten years on, Royana had three children and was at a loose end for something creative to do with her free time and so decided to return to a childhood interest of writing. What started as a passing interest soon became an obsession and led to her to write the book, Doubtful Kiss, a romance novel that bubbles with anticipation.
In her free time, Royana spends much of it with her family, enjoying the beach and water sports in particular. She is also an avid reader of romantic fiction and writes every day, either as part of her next story or just for the fun of it.
She lives, with her artist husband, their three children, and two dogs, in a suburb of Christchurch on New Zealand's South Island and wouldn't swap it for anywhere else.