About the Author

Gillian Helfgott was born in Melbourne in 1931. Studying with Doris Greaves, she obtained a Reinhold Diploma of Cosmobiology and became an Honorary Life Member Federation of Australian Astrologers, lecturing in Australia and New Zealand. In 1984, Gillian married the international concert pianist David Helfgott, subject of the film Shine, and has managed his career since. In 1996, she wrote The New York Times bestseller, Love You to Bits and Pieces: Life with David Helfgott, with Alissa Tanskaya. It has been translated into more than a dozen languages.