Born: 21 May, 1951 in Livingston, Montana, USA

Education: Billings Senior High School, Billings, Montana, 1969; Bachelors of Arts, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington (biology/chemistry) 1973; Master of Science, Montana State University/Billings, Billings, Montana (special education)1975; PH.D studies (incomplete), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota (educational psychology/special education) 1979.

Personal: divorced; one daughter, Sheena.

Career in education/psychology: Title III special education auxiliary, 1969-72; Title III special education teacher/learning support person, 1973-1974; regular education teacher, 1974; private clinical therapy 1975-1976; special education teacher 1976-1977; special education learning support consultant 1977-1979; private clinical therapy 1977-1979; psychiatric unit research coordinator 1978-1979; university/graduate lecturer 1977-1979; special education teacher; 1979-1980; private clinical therapy 1980-1981; counseling consultant 1982-1989. Further consultant work to date.

Volunteer/charity work consultant with autism unit, 1981-1983; counsellor with North Wales Childline, 1987 - 1991; president of North Wales Childline 1988-1989; counsellor with Samaritans 1996-1998; counsellor with Citizen's Advice Bureau; 2002 to date.
NSPCC celebrity supporter 2005-to date
Organizer of the annual Torey Hayden Message Board Sheep Walk in aid of the NSPCC and Save the Children

ONE CHILD, 1980 (nonfiction);
SOMEBODY ELSE'S KIDS, 1981 (nonfiction);
MURPHY'S BOY, 1983 (nonfiction);
THE SUNFLOWER FOREST, 1984 (novel);
JUST ANOTHER KID, 1988 (nonfiction);
GHOST GIRL, 1991 (nonfiction);
TIGER'S CHILD, 1995 (nonfiction);
THE MECHANICAL CAT, 1999 (novel);
BEAUTIFUL CHILD, 2002 (nonfiction)
THE VERY WORST THING (2003) (children's novel)
TWILIGHT CHILDREN (2005) (non-fiction)

Additional activities
Archeological site supervisor, 1993; archeological 'digger', 1993 to date; farmer, 1982 to date; Black Welsh Mountain pedigree sheep breeder, 1993 to date.

Hobbies and special interests

Opera, classical theatre, classical music, ancient history, archaeology, farming, cosmology and physics.

Torey and Maya Losardo, book-signing, Black Bear Books,Boone, North Carolina, USA

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