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Bestselling Australian author Catherine DeVrye has visited more than 150 countries and kept a daily journal for over fifty years, never imagining some words would be translated into over a dozen languages. She started life in a Canadian orphanage, and following the death of her parents the year after she graduated in the USA, arrived in Australia with a backpack, $200 and one-way ticket. After a global career with IBM, she's delivered presentations in over thirty countries and been named Australian Executive Woman of the Year and Keynote Speaker of the Year. A cancer survivor, Catherine has carried the Olympic torch, volunteered with street kids in Vietnam, swum with sharks in Madagascar, cycled the Andes, trekked beyond Everest Base Camp - and voyaged to Timbuktu. Her previous books include Hope Happens!, Hot Lemon & Honey, Who Says I Can't, Hope as My Compass and Japan: An A-Z Guide.