Lorraine Davis was born in Northland and trained as a teacher at Auckland Teachers' College. She returned to Northland to teach at Ruawai District High School before moving back to Auckland to take up a position at Glen Innes Intermediate. Lorraine continued her career in education with an appointment as a lecturer at Loretto Hall, the Catholic Teachers' Training College. She then moved to the Bay of Plenty and taught at Tauranga Girls’ College for 15 years before leaving to write for Sigma Publications full time. Lorraine has always taught English, Drama and Art as her specialties and maintained an enthusiasm for teaching and interaction with students during her time in the classroom. Lorraine’s love of art, coupled with her teaching skills in English and Drama, resulted in her producing written teaching resources of the highest standard throughout her career. In 1994 she published a two-book series called ‘Living In New Zealand’ in response to the need for New Zealand-based ESL secondary school resources. Sigma Publications Ltd has published Lorraine’s workbooks since 2000, culminating in her current Action English workbook series (8 books).
“I believe learning should be constructive and enjoyable. I have supported the exercises in my books with comical illustrations for students to enjoy and which illuminate the learning task. I hope students chuckle a little as they learn with my books and I hope I save busy teachers some preparation time which can be put to better use.”