Janina Hochland, maiden name Kemblinski, was born in Lodz Poland. At the age of four, she was in Romania, here she lived for twenty-two years, in Brasov and Bucharest. Went to Israel for a few years, then to England, where she settled in Manchester. She studied at various universities and finished with an MA on the French writer and philosopher JP Sartre. Took her B Ed, taught at Salford, College of Technology, then at Salford University, before retiring. This is her second book. In 2011 she brought out 'The Kemblinski Saga'.