Lucy Irvine

Lucy Irvine (born 1 February 1956) is a British adventurer and author. Born in Whitton, London, after a tumultuous and free spirited adolescence, in which she replaced formal education with travel and adventure, she joined forces with writer Gerald Kingsland and, as an experiment in isolation, became self imposed castaways for a year on the isolated island of Tuin, in the Torres Strait between New Guinea and Australia. On her return in 1983, she had her experiences published in the book Castaway, which was later used as the basis for the 1986 film of the same name. Prior to writing Castaway, she had been employed as a charlady, monkey keeper, waitress, stonemason's mate, life model, pastry cook, and concierge. She had first run away...