Hilary Crowley is a physiotherapist who has worked extensively with Indigenous and paediatric populations. Her trip to South Africa in the sixties inspired her to later follow a career in overseas development work. She founded the Samuha Overseas Development Association, a charity dedicated to supporting SAMUHA's rural rehabilitation programme in India. Hilary has always had an interest in the written word, writing a community newspaper, creating poems while in India, and contributing to a weekly outdoors column in the Prince George Citizen. This, along with her vast travelling experience and dedication to healthcare, led her to writing Footsteps to Freedom - Tales of Therapy in Rural India, Health in the Himalaya - Tibet Bhutan Ladakh, and Mini Saga in South Africa. Hilary currently lives in Summit Lake, B.C., with her husband, Floyd, where she enjoys many outdoor recreation activities.