Working with the Born Free Foundation in 2009 for the launch of The Elephant's Tale was a life-changing moment for her: travelling to rescue Leopards from a failed zoo in Cyprus was an amazing experience and she has since set up and continues to fundraise for The Last Leopard fund, which aims to create a new wildlife sanctuary in South Africa. Dolphin Song and The Last Leopard (published in paperback in May 2009) continued Martine's story, which concludes in The Elephant's Tale. Set in Africa, Lauren captured the bond between Martine, an English orphan, and a fabled young white giraffe named Jemmy. In 2006 Lauren St John's debut children's novel, The White Giraffe, was published by Orion Children's Books. She currently lives in London - but she dreams of living in St Ives! Her memoir of growing up during independence in Zimbabwe, Rainbow's End, was published in 2007. St John has written biographies of sporting heroes and Nashville Musicians - golf and country music being two of her obsessions. After moving to England as a young adult, she worked as a journalist for several years and spent ten years as a golf correspondent for The Sunday Times. Lauren St John was born in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and lived on a private game reserve until she was 16.
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