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Lauren Wilkinson-Barnes
Lauren Wilkinson-Barnes was born in Sydney in 1967 and grew up as a competitive swimmer, winning national medals as a world ranked Backstroker and representing Australia twice in 1...view moreLauren Wilkinson-Barnes was born in Sydney in 1967 and grew up as a competitive swimmer, winning national medals as a world ranked Backstroker and representing Australia twice in 1985. She lived as an athlete at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra from 1985 – 1986.Lauren has a Bachelor of Teaching and a Diploma of Professional Counselling. She is a primary school teacher and mother of four sons, living in the beautiful Southern Highlands of NSW. Lauren is the author of three memoirs - Smashed To Pieces, Piece By Piece and No Defence. Her first two self-published books have sold in eight countries without promotion or marketing.Despite always having a penchant for writing, an unexpected life crisis in 2008 became the cathartic catalyst for writing her first book, Smashed To Pieces. Piece By Piece followed, continuing the story of her recovery and healing.Her latest book, No Defence is the gripping memoir of Kenny Mcilwain, a remarkable man Lauren met through her swimming, who had a life story begging to be shared with the world. Lauren wrote Kenny’s story, through his eyes, over a period of three years. It was one of the most challenging projects she had ever undertaken but Lauren is proud of her work, bringing much needed awareness to the insidious topic of sexual abuse.Lauren plans to continue her personal memoir writing with a book following on from Smashed To Pieces and Piece By Piece, titled The Missing Piece to PEACE.Lauren would also like to write a fiction book one day where real life happily falls away and imagination of all that’s possible, takes over.view less