Maya Lynch was born on the west coast of Scotland. She has traveled the world working as a musician, designer, deckhand and club promoter. She studied computer programming in California and has worked for twenty years in the advertising industry. Working both as as a creative promoting big brands and as a strategist advising politicians and NGOs. She has spend the past five years exploring the South Pacific and is currently writing the "Journey to the Heart of a Lost Empire" series of books.

Her influences include the anarcho-punk DIY ethic, Laurent Binet, Yuval Noah Harari, Trent Brooks, Robert Bauval, Christopher Dunn, Hunter S Thompson, Glendon Swarthout, Gerry Rafferty, Greenpeace New Zealand, and more.

Her favourite place is any desert or any library. She doesn't like the Jungle.

Maya lives in New Zealand, with her partner and their two dogs.

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