A nomadic life has seen Anglo-Australian Apple Gidley live in twelve countries as diverse as Papua New Guinea and Scotland, which is chronicled in her memoir, Expat Life Slice by S...ver maisA nomadic life has seen Anglo-Australian Apple Gidley live in twelve countries as diverse as Papua New Guinea and Scotland, which is chronicled in her memoir, Expat Life Slice by Slice (Summertime Publishing, 2012). She lives on St Croix with her husband and deaf cat, Bonnie.Gidley's roles have been varied - editor, intercultural trainer for multi-national corporations, British Honorary Consul to Equatorial Guinea, amongst others. She has two historical novels, Fireburn and Transfer, released by OC Publishing in 2017 and 2019, which are set on St Croix, in what was the Danish West Indies and is now the US Virgin Islands. Her next novel, Have You Eaten Rice Today? takes place in 1950s Malaya and modern-day England and Australia and will be published by Vine Leaves Press in September 2022.She is currently working on a contemporary novel, and researching her next historical book.Gidley writes a regular blog, A Broad View, and leads The Writers' Circle of St Croix.ver menos