Lucy Irvine was born on 1 February 1956 and is a British adventurer and author.
11 Facts About Lucy Irvine
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Lucy Irvine is known for spending a year on the uninhabited island of Tuin and for her book, Castaway, describing the experience.
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Lucy Irvine later revealed that she had a tumultuous upbringing, developing a "habit of solitude" and confiding in her diary rather than people as a result of her family life.
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In 1981, Irvine responded to an advert placed by writer Gerald Kingsland and they became intentional castaways for a year on the isolated and uninhabited island of Tuin, in the Torres Strait between New Guinea and Australia.
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Lucy Irvine published her first novel One is One in 1989.
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Lucy Irvine was approached by Diana Hepworth and her husband Tom to write their biography.
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Lucy Irvine accepted the invitation and in 1998 travelled to the Solomon Islands to immerse herself in island life.
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Lucy Irvine was accompanied by her two youngest children and after a year, returned to write Faraway.
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Lucy Irvine was married to Gerald Kingsland in 1981- this being necessary to reside on Tuin- but they subsequently separated.
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In 1984, Lucy Irvine bought the isolated cottage Rumachroy, near Nairn in Scotland, where, most of the time as a single mother, she raised her three sons.
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Lucy Irvine joined Mensa at the age of 16 and is a member of The Chelsea Arts Club.