Alinka Zyrmont was born in Dundee, Scotland, and educated in Buenos Aires, Argentina.  She arrived in her late teens to the United States where she attended Barry University and studied creative writing with Vivian Laramore Rader, Florida's Poet Laureate.  Later, she enrolled at California College of Law.  She has worked as a freelance journalist in the USA.  

 

Alinka gained her writing experience while assisting Anthony Quinn write his autobiography.  Before becoming an author, she kept busy acting and had a walk-on part in the movie:  The Birdcage. She also sang in productions of The Music Man, Evita, Man of La Mancha, My Fair Lady, and in the chorus of the Miami Opera Guild in  performances of La Traviata, Le Nozze di Figaro, and Aida. Her most memorable one was with Luciano Pavarotti and Dame Joan Sutherland in Lucia di Lamermoor. 

 

She also had many modeling assignments and worked as a Weather Announcer on TV with the Armed Forces Network in Germany.  Having studied and worked in many different countries, she speaks fluent Spanish, Italian, and broken Polish and French.

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