Belinda Alexandra is the daughter of a Russian mother and an Australian father. She has lived in New York, California, Sydney and Melbourne. She has an MA in creative writing from the University of Technology, Sydney, and a BA in Asian studies from the University of California. She is currently studying French and jazz ballet while working on her next novel. Belinda lives in Turramurra, Sydney.
Belinda Alexandra’s new novel, Wild Lavender, will be published by HarperCollins in November 2004.
Opening in a small village on the Chinese-Russian border under Japanese occupation in the final days of World War Two, White Gardenia tells the story of a White Russian mother and daughter whose lives are intersected by history.
From the glamorous nightclubs of Shanghai to the harshness of the Siberian wasteland, from a desolate island in the South China Sea to a new life in postwar Australia, and finally to Cold War Moscow, White Gardenia sweeps across cultures and continents.