Leisa Hunter Smith

Lisa Hunter Smith currently a Bestselling Author, Mental Health Advocate & Speaker. She is the former Director of Towards Mindfulness, an organization that promotes mental health awareness and the use of mindfulness meditation to promote recovery.

She attended her first political campaign rally at age 5, interned for an iconic US Senator and wrote her first book at age thirteen when she discovered writing about mysterious adventures was heaps easier than actually having them. Since then, her sleuthing skills haven't improved, but she likes to think her storytelling ability has.

After studying for a master's degree in educational psychology in the US, she counselled university students at four of Australia's top universities, has written over 20 more books, has volunteered for HH the Dalai Lama since 2007, earned another master's in writing, traveled to quirky places, and raised twins in her PJs. But she always returned to writing.