Alex Hallatt is an environmental cartoonist and writer. Her comic strip, Arctic Circle, is syndicated by King Features and appears in newspapers worldwide. She also created science comics for CSIRO’s Scientriffic and Double Helix magazines. You can see more about her books at her author page on Amazon. Alex grew up in the West Country, UK and spent many years living in New Zealand and Australia before returning to Europe with her American boyfriend. They spent a couple of years in England and then a couple more in the Basque Country to learn Spanish. After eight years back in New Zealand, Alex returned to Dorset, England
There was no serious tradition of cider-making in New Zealand [where the author lived for several years before returning to Dorset]. I pretty much gave up drinking cider there, as it was usually too sweet. Though I love to drink cider, West Country cider-making is something I knew little about. I probably know more about […]