K. J. Coton (pen name), a writer of Indian descent, was born in 1971 in Karnataka State, India. KJ grew up in a small town of Hubli India, the younger of two children. She moved to...voir plusK. J. Coton (pen name), a writer of Indian descent, was born in 1971 in Karnataka State, India. KJ grew up in a small town of Hubli India, the younger of two children. She moved to the community of Dharward when she was ten and continued her schooling, eventually graduating from the Teachers Training Institute, Belgaum, India. She worked as a primary-school teacher. When she was a girl of thirteen, KJ met the man who was to become her first husband. However, young love soon gave way to a harrowing ordeal of brutal domestic violence, including episodes when she nearly lost her life. She migrated to Australia three years after she married and had a son. Discovering an inner reserve of strength, she fled to a domestic violence women’s refuge and ultimately escaped and survived from the clutches of domestic violence.
KJ is living a happy and contented life working full-time in children’s services. KJ is happily married and lives with her new husband and two boys in a blended family.voir moins