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Lynn Santer

BIOGRAPHER TO THE STARSOne of the most important qualities of a ghost writer, screen writer, author and biographer is to have experienced everything life has to offer. Life experience is somthing that Lynn Santer most certainly does not lack; do read below for further details on Lynn as a biographer ...

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Lynn's skills, sensitivity, understanding, and expertise have made her a much sought after biographer for clients around the world. Globally her clients have come from Germany, Poland, the Middle East, Australia, India, the UK, and the US. Conceptually she has written the life stories of celebrities, world champions, heroic and inspirational leaders in their field, and even a Nobel Prize nominee. The process is deeply intimate and often fragile as both triumphant and tearful memories are relived during the process but in each case Lynn's clients have become lifelong friends, a testament not only to the success of her interview techniques and writing skills but the emotional bond that is formed between client and author.For a free no obligation quote on Lynn's services, please head to the contact page.

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SCREEN WRITERLynn's film scripts have been optioned in Pinewood Studios UK and in Hollywood. She has won the Launch Film Festival Award for Best Independent Film, the American Chamber of Commerce Award for Best Live Theatre Production of the Year, and she has been a finalist in the coveted Moondance Film Festival for unproduced feature screenplays. Most recently she has spent the last two years working with Hollywood veteran, Paul Mason, on the feature adaptation of her authorised biography on Alby Mangels 'Beyond World Safari'. Paul Mason was put in charge of development for the David L. Wolper company during the production of ROOTS which went on to be one of the most acclaimed television productions of all time. His recent feature (Hachiko 2009) starred Richard Gere and his credits include CHIPS, Ironside, and MacMillan and Wife. Mr. Mason has twice been awarded Fame Magazine's Critic Award for writing and producing the best television detective series (MacMillan and Wife), he has been nominated for the Emmy for best television series, (lronside), and produced the series which won the first Image Award from NAACP (lronside). As Senior Vice-President of Production at Viacom and Showtime for 10 years, Mr. Mason was responsible for $300 million dollars in annual production. Having the benefit and experience of working with such a consummate talent in the film industry has honed Lynn's already keen skills for what turns a story into a blockbuster.For a free no obligation quote on Lynn's services, please head to the contact page.

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YOUR IDEAS INTO BEST SELLERSOne of the most important qualities of a ghost writer, screen writer, author and biographer is to have experienced everything life has to offer. Here is a brief snapshot of some of Lynn's lifetime experiences. She has dived with sharks, tracked wild predators on foot in Africa, piloted light aircraft, consulted to the British Government and European Union on the highly technical subject of Pensions Legislation Reform, she has written a string of best-sellers, and these few scant highlights barely scratch the surface!Lynn founded a peace initiative between Saddam Hussein's former personal pilot and an ultra orthodox Israeli Rabbi, she founded Kids Who Read Succeed ™ - a program to put books into the hands of needy children around the world absolutely free to help with the vital skill of literacy, and she has been honoured with a nomination for the PRIDE OF AUSTRALIA Medal, Honorary Life Membership of the AfriCat Project 2000, Appreciation Awards from The Leukaemia Foundation, The Endangered Tiger Trust, and many more. Having lived in both hemispheres, Lynn has worked with superstars, Government Ministers, and unsung heroes, most of whom have become her close personal friends.If you can dream it, Lynn can write it. One such example is Professor Midnight, a title written for Peter Andrew Wright and dubbed as Harry Potter for grown ups. Although written as fiction the research of modern day witchcraft is factual and created a storm in the Church! A more recent example is The Wakening 2012 (which you will find Coming Soon on the Books and DVDs page) and here's what Lynn's client has to say...For a free no obligation quote on Lynn's services, please head to the contact page.

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STARS READ THE MAGICAL SCARECROWS

THE WAKENING 2012Concept by Suzanne BoisvertIf you only read one novel this year, it must be this one. This is the novel of the year. Thought provoking, gripping, and engaging with characters so real you will feel they are in your living room.Lanie Montrose once enjoyed platinum success in her recording career, but those days are long gone. Her psychiatrist, Suki (a pet name given to her by her late grandfather) isnt vaguely compassionate to Lanie's pain, until they discover they have each shared the same detailed and bizarre dream about a mysterious ancient African tribe in the remote region of Timbuktu. The revelation forces Lanie and Suki into an uncomfortable alliance as they discover each of them possesses a golden disk (two of four) that must be activated at precisely 11:11am GMT 21st December, 2012, if mankind is to survive.In locating the other two disk keepers, Suki and Lanie are forced to make camp in a Native American Indian village where Steve Jenkins, the third disk keeper, has made his home. Between them they piece together more of the millennia old puzzle revealing the true origins of mankind and a malevolent race of aliens who have sycophants working for them on earth to collect gold deposits they need for their own survival. One such disciple is the evil Senator Luke Edmonds who knows he must prevent the disk keepers from fulfilling their mission if he is to rise to power in the new world order.In a race against time, with natural disasters on the rise, the trio must unearth the rest of the mystery, control their passions for one another, overcome their own inner demons to become truly wakened enough to activate their disks, and keep the Senator at bay, while accepting if they are to succeed in their mission they must re-evaluate everything worldly they previously held as dear, all the time with the knowledge that the ancient prophecy has foretold only three of the four disk keepers will survive the transition into a post 2012 world.

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CLICK HERE TO HEAD TO THE MAGICAL SCARECROWS WEBSITE THE MAGICAL SCARECROWS eBOOKSForewordA selection of the ever popular 'Magical Scarecrows' series are now available as eBooks, click on the link to the right to head to the Mageical Scarecrows website to get your copy.

EMAILS FROM THE EDGEForewordAfter years of having been dubbed "The Email Queen" (a name given to me by one of my closest friends, Alfred Hitchcock's iconic star of 'The Birds' Tippi Hedren) and hundreds of requests to publish some of my funnier emails I finally conceded when one particular email received more rave reviews than any book I'd ever written! The email in question concerned an encounter with bureaucracy that would have driven a saint to homicidal tendencies and to kick off this book I will commence with that particular email. However the emails encompass a wide variety of topics from the antics of my faithful pooch through to life-changing circumstances. Most, I hope, will have you crying with laughter, but a few here and there might make you stop and think.Of course before any of this could happen I first had to collect and collate emails from across the years, most of which I hadn't retained. Thinking it was completely futile I sent, you guessed it, a few emails off to those who had been recipients of some of these gems. Quite a few people came through with a dozen or so that they'd retained, which was surprising enough to me as I was amazed they'd even been read, never mind kept for posterity, but the biggest shock of all came from one man who had kept every single email I'd sent him for seventeen years! And when you learn who that man is you might find it even more surprising.In 1994 I had written a screenplay (my first) with a devil character in it. I thought Jack Nicholson would be perfect for the role (of course I did). So how do I go about getting Jack? Somehow (I don't even remember) I procured the name and phone number of his agent Sandy. Somehow I bluffed my way into a meeting with him. I still don't know, and really must ask him one day, why he agreed to the meeting because the screenplay was the most woeful and amateurish you can imagine although the concept was quite brilliant (if I say so myself). Off I flew to Hollywood. Back then Sandy's office was in Encino. When you've been Jack Nicholson's agent since 1961 you have nothing to prove to anyone. I dressed my best (of course I did) was nervous as an Arab at a Bar Mitzvah (this was my first meeting in Hollywood ever - what a way to start) and headed out to his office. It was very small, modest, and plain, in fact there was nothing to read in the waiting room whatsoever - not a magazine, newspaper - nothing. Twiddling my thumbs nervously and looking around I saw what looked like a weather-beaten old bible on the receptionist's counter. I picked it up and read the title "All I know about Show Biz" by Sandy xxxxxx. Well, I thought, that's got to be worth a read. I opened the cover only to discover to my dismay and astonishment that the whole book was written in Japanese! You bleep, bleep, bleep, I thought to myself. I like you! (I admire chutzpah!)Anyway, we met. He was dressed in very casual attire and there were no photos of Jack in the office, just Sandy's dogs. We started talking about animals, and somehow we connected on that level. He politely declined my screenplay but the meeting was pleasant and friendly enough and that was that.Six months later I was flying through LA again, from Australia to somewhere. I saw some didgeridoos in the airport for sale, some small enough to fit in my suitcase (this is the traditional musical instrument of the Australian Aborigines). By their side was a pile of instruction books on how to play it in all languages including Japanese. Guess which one I bought (of course I did!) Sandy just thought this was the funniest thing ever - it turns out that he admires chutzpah just as much as I do. A friendship sprung up from that point which has seen us in weekly communication from that day to this (and even a few meals here and there as I flitted through LA from time to time). However, not in a million years would I have imagined he would have kept every email I ever sent him, and I mean the one liners, the requests to sign petitions, the notifications of e-cards sent everything. I can't begin to imagine what the storage capacity on his computer must be like! It's true size does matter!!!Perhaps in poetic justice Sandy attempted to send all these emails to me as one file it was 70 MB my computer went kablewie!!!! But God Bless Sandy he then went to the effort of sending them all to me ten at a time! That took a while (several days).THANK YOU SANDY!!!And thank you too to my good friends Guy Thomas and Shane Greaves, who also went hunting for old emails to include in this book, but a particularly special thank you to Anita Herrick, the PA of my dear friend Tippi Hedren, who had to go digging into archived HARD COPY FOLDERS to find physical print outs of some of the older hilarious emails from adventures on my sister's farm and others involving the wildlife on the lake where I live. Anita I am truly humbled and deeply grateful that these emails warranted saving and you went to such great effort for me!THANK YOU ANITA!!!!!!!I hope the rest of the world enjoys them as much as you apparently did.

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Alby Mangels

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ALBY MANGELS"He's a little bit Elvis, a little bit Tarzan, and a whole lot of Errol Flynn!!!" Marie Claire, September, 2010 Lynn first met Australia's original and last surviving wild man and wildlife warrior, Alby Mangels, in 2003 when she was organising the 25 years in Australia celebrations for The World Wildlife Fund, for which she had donated a $20,000 painting for auction. Not only did Lynn and Alby soon discover a shared passion for wildlife and the environment, but over an enduring friendship that developed over the subsequent years Lynn became Alby's authorised biographer and manager. Do read on for further details on the amazing 'Alby Mangles', head to the contact page for bookings and media enquiries....Before Steve Irwin, before Crocodile Dundee, Alby Mangels was and is the original Australian wild man and conservationist. Finally agreeing to placate his die-hard fans who have been screaming to know what happened to him, Alby has broken his 15 year silence in self-imposed seclusion and is speaking out like never before in this full and frank authorized biography.Many myths and misconceptions have sprung up around Alby over the last 15 years, but during that time Alby has not been idle. He now has no less than eighty wildlife and environmentally-based documentaries under his belt, which have been screening internationally over the past decade, some to the highest ratings ever achieved on the US Discovery Channel. He has also created a native wildlife sanctuary on his pristine hideaway property in rural South Australia, and he's discovered a new spiritual path of peace and acceptance after a terrible accident nearly left him unable to walk again.You may well be asking yourself two questions at this point. Why did Alby choose Lynn Santer above any other author in the world to write his deeply personal story? And why now? As both an accomplished author and a wildlife conservationist who has won awards recognising her work for animal welfare since she was 11 years old, Lynn attracted Alby's attention.Like many, Lynn had heard of the legend that was Alby Mangels decades earlier but in truth she had never even watched any of his films. When he sat her down and told her about his poverty and trial-stricken childhood, his dreams, his lust for adventure, his fervour for our natural world, his dazzling rise to the dizzy heights of hero-worship, and his crash back down to earth after his empire, his dreams and his reputation were shattered by a sequence of gut-wrenching disasters, Lynn's heart went out to him and her writer's zeal ached to tell his story to the world.In his tell-all biography the man, the myth, and the magic that is Alby Mangels that will leave you gasping for breath, crying with laughter, weeping at the tragedies, and cheering with inspiration at his triumph against all odds. Containing 135 color pictures (some never seen!), it's a fantastic read about one of the really great adventurers of our time!

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The Alby Shop

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CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE ALBY SHOP HEAD TO THE SHOP PAGE TO SCROLL THROUGH ALL THE SYNOPSES AND SELECT YOUR FAVOURITE TITLES 1. SAILING TORRES STRAIGHT ISLANDS 2. LAST OUTBACK CATTLE 3. RED CENTRE OPAL 4. GIANT SEA TURTLES5. PRIMITIVE SMOKE PEOPLE OF NEW GUINEA6. KOMODO DRAGON LIZARDS - INDONESIA7. ORINOCO RIVER SOUTH AMERICA8. THE GIANT ANACONDA SOUTH AMERICA9. MACHU PICCHU SOUTH AMERICA10. ATACAMA DESERT PERU11. AFRICA ZULULAND12. AFRICA IN SEARCH OF THE BUSHMAN13. AFRICA NAMIBIA14. NEW ZEALAND LAND OF THE LONG WHITE CLOUD15. NEW ZEALAND DEER CAPTURE16. NEW ZEALAND FLYING TO REMOTE OUTPOSTS17. THE GREAT WHITE STALLION BLUE MOUNTAINS18. TREK ACROSS AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK CAMELS19. WONDERS OF THE WORLD COORONG SOUTH AUSTRALIA20. THE WILD ISLANDS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA21. THE GHAN UNIQUE TRAIN ACROSS THE RED CENTRE22. RUN AWAY CAMELS AUSTRALIAN DESERT23. CAMEL CAPTURE THE RED CENTRE AUSTRALIAN24. ALBY & NEPHEW RICK LIVE WITH ABORIGINES IN ARNHAM LAND AUSTRALIA 25. RETURN TO AFRICA ALBY SAILS ACROSS INDIAN OCEAN IN SMALL CATAMARAN26. SKELETON COAST WEST AFRICA27. CROSSING THE KALAHARI DESERT AFRICA28. UNIQUE OKAVANGO SWAMPS AFRICA29. SAVING THE FLAMINGOS BOTSWANA, AFRICA30. LAKE KARIBA BOTSWANA AFRICA31. JOURNEY TO THE VANISHING GORILLAS 32. THE WORLD SAFARI SOUND TRACK ALBUM CD33. THE GREAT ATLANTIC CROSSING SAILING CATAMARAN FROM AFRICA TO SOUTH AMERICA34. CRYSTAL WATERS BRAZIL, SOUTH AMERICA35. ESCAPE FROM DEVILS ISLAND FRENCH GUIANA, SOUTH AMERICA36. GOLD HUNTERS AMAZON JUNGLE SOUTH AMERICA37. LOST INDIAN CULTURE AMAZON RIVER, SOUTH AMERICA38. AMAZON BASIN SOUTH AMERICA39. THE DRUG TRIANGLE CARIBBEAN ISLANDS40. THE SLAVE TRADE CARIBBEAN ISLANDS41. BLACK AND WHITE BEACHES CARIBBEAN ISLANDS42. TREACHEROUS WATERS CARIBBEAN ISLANDS43. MY MATES AUSTRALIA44. THE AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK45. SOUTH TO KANGAROO ISLAND AUSTRALIA 46. OUTBACK TO WINININIE AUSTRALIA47. TRAVELLING NORTH AUSTRALIA48. LAUNCHING ZENANI AUSTRALIA49. EAST TO WEST AUSTRALIA 50. KAGARI TO NIMBIN AUSTRALIA 51. LAND OF THE FERALS AUSTRALIA52. OVER THE HORIZON NEW HEBRIDES & VANUATU53. IN SEARCH OF THE FALLEN EAGLE NEW HEBRIDES & VANUTAU54. ISLAND DREAMING NEW HEBRIDES & VANUATU55. DISCOVERING A PRESIDENT NEW HEBRIDES & VANUATU56. REMOTE CONTACT SOLOMON ISLANDS57. NORTH TO SOUTH AUSTRALIA58. JOURNEY TO PIGEON ISLAND THE SOLOMONS PART ONE OF TWO DVDs59. REFLECTIONS OF PARADISE SOLOMON ISLANDS PART TWO OF TWO DVDs60. RIVERS OF THE OUTBACK AUSTRALIA 61. BORN FOR ADVENTURE - AUTOBIOGRAPHY PART ONE OF TWO DVDs62. BORN FOR ADVENTURE - AUTOBIOGRAPHY PART TWO OF TWO DVDs63. OUTBACK MUSTER AUSTRALIA 64. ALBY'S COORONG AUSTRALIA 65. THE CALL OF THE COORONG AUSTRALIA 66. RETORING THE GRETTA MARIA YOU CANT LIVE ON MEMORIES 67. WORLD SAFARI I 68. WORLD SAFARI II 69. WORLD SAFARI III 70. ALBY MANGELS PRESENTS NEPHEW, RICK SNEL, IN WILD ADVENTURES - EPISODE ONE ARNHEM LAND71. ALBY MANGELS PRESENTS NEPHEW, RICK SNEL, IN WILD ADVENTURES - EPISODE TWO DANCE TO HEAL THE EARTH72. ALBY MANGELS PRESENTS NEPHEW, RICK SNEL, IN WILD ADVENTURES - EPISODE THREE UNITING CULTURES

Missions and Magic

Lynn Santer

LAND OF THE FREEIt's 'Mission Impossible' meets 'Born Free' with a touch of James Bond FOR REAL! This is the real life account of Lynn's covert mission into Africa with the involvement of ex Special Forces commandos, a Hollywood legend, and an embattled conservationist to expose brutal atrocities against endangered big game by some of the most powerful men on earth.

THE FORGOTTEN CHILDREN OF TANNAOn the savagely beautiful yet brutal and remote volcanic island of Tanna in the South Pacific, a sparkle of hope begins to glow as ebony-eyed children receive medical supplies and reading material for the first time in their troubled lives.

MAGICAL SCARECROWSFrom a story submitted with subterfuge behind her parents back at the age of nine, Auntie Lynn has developed a global philanthropic infotainment phenomenon that has taught children to read, brought celebrity variety spectaculars to young victims of terminal illness and abuse, and involved some of the biggest stars on the planet in a groundbreaking, unique, globetrotting, initiative to raise funds to make yet more magic.

PASSION FOR PEACEFind out what happens when you introduce Saddam Hussein's former personal pilot to an ultra orthodox Israeli Rabbi and a Christian spokesperson for World Vision in your living room. What happened will inspire and amaze you.

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KEY NOTE SPEAKER You will not find a more exciting, entertaining, and engaging speaker than Lynn Santer. Capable of speaking on a wide range of topics, and even tailor writing comic Pam Ayres style verse for your occasion, Lynn is an asset to any event and a lady your audience will remember you for. Her authorised biography by Sandra L. Rogers has not been called 'An Unbelievable Life' for nothing! Select from the following topics:LAND OF THE FREEHow Lynn brought together a Hollywood legend, an embattled conservationist, and ex Special Forces commandos to plan a covert mission in darkest Africa to expose brutal atrocities against endangered big game by some of the wealthiest and most powerful men on earth. Vision available. Novel available for sale.PASSION FOR PEACEHow Lynn brought together Saddam Hussein's former personal pilot and an ultra orthodox Israeli rabbi in a peace initiative that has inspired a generation. Vision available. Biography of Saddam Hussein's former personal pilot for sale.BILLION DOLLAR BABYHow Lynn consulted to the British Government, 10 Downing Street, and the City of London, on a 25 billion dollar per annum legislative reform, won the favour of senior government ministers and civil servants, and was then turned on by the boy's club of London, and the comeback that shocked them all. Trilogy of novels available for sale, including the best-selling title 'Sins of Life' and subsequent titles 'Into the Fire', 'Sins of Life' part two and 'Evil by Design' 'Sins of Life the final chapter'.LET'S MAKE MAGICHow Lynn's dream of becoming an author at the age of nine years old lead to a philanthropic entertainment phenomenon that has swept the globe. Vision available. A range of books and celebrity readings on DVD available for sale.ALBY & MEHow Lynn became the authorised biographer and manager of one of Australia's most enigmatic and private personalities, Alby Mangels. Authorised biography available for sale.

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Lynn Santer

"AN UNBELIEVABLE LIFE" The authorised biography of Lynn Santer will tell the truth about...•What happens behind the doors of 10 Downing Street•How one Australian woman took on the power brokers and the inner machinations in the closed rooms of The House of Commons•How Australia's most private man, Alby Mangels, bared his soul•What goes on in the private world of Melanie Griffith's mother, Hitchcock Hollywood icon, Tippi Hedren•What's going on behind the scenes of the forthcoming Hollywood bio epic on the life of Australia's original wild man and wildlife warrior, Alby Mangels•What really happened when a crazed woman tried to destroy the person who spearheaded a covert mission in Africa with ex SAS commandos to expose brutal atrocities against endangered big game by a former US President, an Armed Forces general, and a US Senator•How to bring Saddam Hussein's former personal pilot and an ultra orthodox Israeli Rabbi together in a peace initiative•What it's like to pilot a 12 seater aircraft over the Kruger National Park, dive with sharks, beat cancer, garner the support of some of Hollywood's biggest superstars and much more!! FOREWORD BY TIPPI HEDRENThink of all the ideas, careers, the goals, the wishes, the desires you've had in your lifetime, or still have flitting around your brain.Perhaps you have wanted to travel to exotic countries, climb the highest mountain, and persevere in getting legislation passed regarding a major issue.Perhaps flying a plane, writing books about special people or a series of books for children that will let their imaginations fly with delight and teach them values and morals. Being friends with celebrities around the world, calling several tigers by name are just some of the accomplishments of Lynn Santer.You will be in awe and very likely a bit envious of this energetic, undefeatable, charming, loving woman. I've known Lynn to be a most prolific writer; creativity springs from her mind while her heavily-lashed eyes sparkle with enthusiasm and excitement.Few can keep up with Lynn; she's a great friend and a woman to be admired. I do! With love to Lynn Santer, thank you for gracing us with your presence on this Planet Earth.Tippi Hedren - Alfred Hitchcocks iconic star of The Birds and Marnie. President of The ROAR Foundation"Lynn Santer, was lumbered with the wrong name when she was born it was only a small slip of the pen on her birth certificate, but she is actually the daughter "Mr & Ms CLAUS". In her lifetime (so far) she given as much joy to the children of the world as her parents could have wished for; she has been tireless in her pursuit of unselfishly dedicating so much of not only her time, but her own money to see the fulfilment of her dream; that dream, is that "every" child should be given a free book to start and enhance their lives. Her generosity knows no bounds, and she has certainly enriched my life with her friendship and goodwill. Thank you Lynn Santer, for being my friend I've been a very good boy this year a Porsche" would be nice!" ~ Barry Hugh Crocker. AM"Lynn is a rare and unique personality combining determination, intellect and talent with a warmth and caring character which endears her to all who have the privilege to know her!" ~ Sir John Butterfill, MP (UK) "I feel very fortunate that Lynn has crossed my path as an author and I have the greatest respect for her diligent way of compiling my extraordinary life. Lynn you're truly a wonderful woman." ~ Alby Mangels"Lynn is one of those rare people who tirelessly strives to make the world a better place." ~ Virginia McKenna, OBE "Lynn Santer is a passionate activist for the welfare of all G-d's creatures and a talented individual who pursues peace and harmony for all mankind." ~ Rabbi Nir Gurevitch, "Lynn's energy is exhausting and her devotion to the cause of animal welfare tireless." ~ Roger Gale, MP (UK) "Lynn's life proves WC Fields wrong. Working with animals and children can have wonderful results." ~ Derryn Hinch."Lynn Santer, a lady with penetrating intelligence mixed with humility, a great sense of humour and kindness without excessive sentimentality. That's what I call a perfect recipe to meet life challenges." ~ Captain Ali Al-Wahabi "Lynn Santer is an extraordinary human being who has used her special gift of writing to make a difference. I consider it a joy and a privilege to have been part of 'Passion for Peace' which she created." ~ Robyn Wigmore

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Celebrity Columns

Lynn Santer

CELEBRITY COLUMNSLynn Santer is also a columnist in the international monthly glossy magazine XL Extraordinary Lives, reporting on celebrities (usually but not exclusively close friends of Lynn's) focusing on their philanthropic contributions to society.

Half A Century

Lynn Santer

HALF A CENTURYLynn turned half a century 18th July, 2011, and is happy for everyone to share the experience of her "50th in Phases" here. Click on the cover below to view and purchase the book, you can skip past the pages of text to go on viewing all the happy snaps!

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Magical Scarecrows

Lynn Santer

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MAGICAL SCARECROWSOnce upon a time a nine year old girl had a dream of becoming an author. She wrote her first story 'The Magical Scarecrow' and sent it to a publisher. The publisher told her that her style was good but the content not long enough. Twenty-five years later, with her first best-seller under her belt, the little girl rewrote her first story for her sister's children. As those children grew and shared their aunt's story with other children the expanded Magical Scarecrows stories by Auntie Lynn were suddenly in hot demand. But rather than make these a commercial offering, Auntie Lynn decided she would have the stories professionally illustrated, edited, and produced to give away for free to needy children to help with the vital skill of literacy in a program that has become known as The Magical Scarecrows KIDS WHO READ SUCCEED program. The concept was so successful that it almost sent Auntie Lynn to the bankruptcy courts when she fulfilled requests coming in from orphanages in Bali, missions in India, schools in Zimbabwe, Aborigine reading programs in Australia, and many more. Seeking help from her celebrity friends THE STARS READ THE SCARECROWS was born, a commercial line of DVDs where Auntie Lynn's stories are read by such superstars as Leo Sayer, Tippi Hedren, and Australia's entertainment legend Barry Crocker. But thats not all! As a result of attracting such wide-ranging celebrity talent to the program, two more new programs were added:The Magical Scarecrows LETS MAKE MAGIC campaign The Magical Scarecrows STARS WITH HEARTS International Celebrity T-shirt relay (Click on the link, top R)The LET'S MAKE MAGIC campaign began offering annual celebrity variety shows for children suffering from terminal illnesses, abandonment, and abuse in 2007, and the STARS WITH HEARTS International Celebrity T-Shirt relay attracted new superstars to the Magical Scarecrows including Priscilla Presley, Jackie Chan and Hugh Jackman. Both a book of the T-shirts unique 54,000 kilometre, 12 month, around the world journey and a DVD of the final signatures event are both available (as are all the other books and DVDs in the range) exclusively through Amazon.com. Take a look at the below celebrity testimonials ...Dear Lynn, Many congratulations on all that you have achieved to date. Keep up the good work! I wish you the best of luck with The Magical Scarecrows. With best wishesJeffrey Archer These enchanting stories capture a timeless, universal truth that supports the inherent goodness associated with being kind. Gillian Rumpf, The Leukaemia Foundation Imagine! A magical scarecrow being airlifted to the fire station by wild birds in order to save the animals and the forest!! You're going to love this Lynn Santer kid's thriller!! (It's for us grown up kids as well!!!) I love, love, LOVE these stories!!! Tippi Hedren The Magical Scarecrows opens the hidden gate to a charming world where everything comes to life, even the fire; a world where the brave hearts and clever minds of two Scarecrows and their animal friends face real dangers, real fears, and find real ways to deal with them. Embodying every child's feelings of both isolation and specialness, of being slightly out-of-place and misunderstood in the grown-up world, The Magical Scarecrows shows children how to look at situations with a different perspective, how to combine their talents with other people's, and how to face challenges with hope, determination, and imagination. The child in all of us will recognize the loneliness of each Scarecrow, thinking they're the only one of their kind. The spiritual in each of us will recognize the bond of friendship among the Scarecrows and animals that spans the globe with hope. Pamela Jaye Smith, story consultant, award-winning filmmaker. I only wish that Auntie Lynn had been around when I was a kid. I would have grown up with a real respect for old clothes and straw. Little did I know I'd throw away what could have been so many magical friends! I'm sure children, (of all ages) will enjoy these lovely tales; and what a wonderful thing for Auntie Lynn to do; anyone who can put a book, at no cost, into the hands of a sick child is someone pretty special. Enjoy. Barry Crocker, Order of Australia

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Lynn Santer

LAND OF THE FREEThere are many reasons why Lynn's authorised biography by Sandra L. Rogers is called 'An Unbelievable Life', and this is one of them.In 2001, behind the glitz and glamour of organising a high profile fundraiser for big cats in Africa with her close friend, the iconic Hollywood screen legend of the Alfred Hitchcock films 'The Birds 'and 'Marnie', Tippi Hedren, Lynn received a plea from the then Chief Inspector of the Zimbabwe SPCA, Meryl Harrison. Safari Club International (SCI) with such luminaries in its membership as George Bush Snr, General Normal Schwartzkopf, and Senator Dan Quayle, had been bribing and cajoling foreign governments to overturn bans they had seen fit to put in place on hunting endangered species, and even worse hunting them by methods that were so brutal even other hunters objected to them. Unable to turn a blind eye or a deaf ear, Lynn set about bringing this ground-breaking story into the light, hiring ex Special Forces commandos to plan a covert mission to expose the atrocities, naming and shaming those involved. It took six years before Channel Nine reporter, Kirstine Lumb, was finally able to air the story, and during that time Tippi, Meryl and Lynn all had their lives threatened, and a public smear campaign assassinating Lynn's character was carried out in an afford to dissuade her from pursuing the story. But Lynn has never been one to say die. It took six years and cost Lynn dearly in both her physical and financial wellbeing, but the story blazed trails using all the visual and documented evidence these brave ladies were eventually able to secure.

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Lynn Santer

THE FORGOTTEN PEOPLE OF TANNALynn Santer is no stranger to Vanuatu but in 2010 her interest in this seemingly idyllic tropical island paradise took a dramatic new turn. As the authorised biographer of the original and last surviving Australian adventurer, wild man, and eco warrior, Alby Mangels, Lynn became involved with a charity run by Alby and his sister Maria Snel called Disabled And Disadvantaged children (DAD). DAD operates feeding and building programs for children in Third World countries, and it seemed a natural fit for Lynn's own philanthropic work through her Magical Scarecrows programs. Vanuatu is an easy hop from Australia but despite its close proximity to the lucky country people on the beautiful but brutal remote volcanic island of Tanna (in the Vanuatu group) have nothing. Things we take for granted in the West these people do not even know exists. Lynn even discovered (on taking someone from Tanna to the capital in Port Vila) that operating something as simple as an elevator was a complete mystery to them. Tanna is NOT a Third World country it is a FOURTH World nation. 20th December, 2010, New Idea magazine reported on Alby and Lynn's November visit to Tanna to assess the logistics of a water project. During that visit Lynn discovered another burning need on the island that of medical supplies and equipment. With the assistance of doctors, dentists and even vets, Lynn returned to Tanna 28th December, 2010, armed with boxes and bags full of medical equipment and supplies for the clinic where one Western trained nurse and midwife operates. She even purchased and shipped over a wheelchair for the local chief.While the West helps better-known Third World countries like Samoa, the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea, Tanna receives NOTHING because people simply dont know it exists. Something as simple as a Band Aid can literally save lives on Tanna. When we receive a scratch we think nothing of wiping it with disinfectant and popping a plaster on. In Tanna the wound is left open, becoming flyblown and/or infected and with no antibiotics a simple abrasion can quickly become a far more serious condition for which there is no treatment. In the young, the old, and the ailing it is not uncommon that this can lead to a premature and painful death. On her return to Tanna (December 2010) Lynn also treated an 18 month old baby with gaping scald wounds on his arm that had been left untreated for five days. On his last visit to Tanna (March 2011) the medical practitioner Lynn sent over (Darren Russell) took with him 25 kilos of medical supplies and ran out in a week. He took 100 bandages with him and was forced to tear up his own clothes to make more when he quickly discovered the quantity was insufficient. While the world looks to disasters in Japan, New Zealand and Australia, these beautiful people are being completely ignored.Lynn has committed to send ongoing aid to the island, both in terms of sending a medical practitioner over on a quarterly basis, and on returning with medical supplies herself as often as time permits.

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Lynn Santer

PASSION FOR PEACEThe Mission - to address audiences (mainly the leaders of tomorrow, i.e. school children and university students) about peace, tolerance, coexistence, and understanding, demonstrating how two men traditionally seen as enemies on the world stage, and indeed the antithesis of one another, can become firm friends and together with their Christian friend show people that they don't need to change the whole world, just their small corner of it, to create a ripple effect that makes tomorrow a better place. The logo of the team is a dove, about which the Rabbi tells the story of Noah and the ark: when Noah sent out the dove to see if there was dry land to settle on he reached out his hand to receive the dove when it returned. Why, when there was no option for the dove but to fly back into the ark? The lesson the Rabbi tells us is in this story is that one has to reach out to achieve peace and not just expect it to happen through the efforts of others. The entire Passion for Peace team is proud to be conducting this initiative in loving memory of Lynn's late father, Neville Santer.Captain Ali Al-Wahabi - Saddam Hussein's former personal pilot who made a heart-stopping escape from the iron fortress of Baghdad 20 years ago, today is a commercial airline pilot with one of the world's major airlines. For nearly a decade Ali has called Australia home, living in Sydney with his German Catholic wife and two children. Recently Ali joined forces with co-writer, Lynn Santer, to document his experiences in Iraq, citing facts about the former iron-fisted ruler of his country that are unlikely to ever be revealed elsewhere. His autobiography, Farewell Brave Babylon was released in 2006 and has now become in hot demand not only across Australia but indeed across the world. Raised in Baghdad believing everyone from the West to be a potential enemy, Ali's eyes were opened when, ironically, he was sent to pilot cadet school in the UK. After seeing that the propaganda he'd been raised with wasn't as true as he once believed, Ali viewed everything with different eyes. His first-hand observations of the ruling élite in Iraq disclosed a rare insight into their private lives, leading Saddam's personal pilot to a fateful decision. Torn between the love of his homeland and his burning desire to flee from the Mukhabarat (Iraqi Intelligence Service) who were pressuring him to betray a close friend, Ali conceived a daring plan to escape, an escape which very nearly cost him his life.Rabbi Nir Gurevitch - Israeli born Chassidic (ultra orthodox) Rabbi of Russian descent, trained by the legendary Rabbi Schneerson in New York, Rabbi Nir Gurevitch is father of nine and leader of the Gold Coast's Hebrew congregation. The Rabbi asks, 'Is peace really achievable or is it just wishful thinking?' At Passion for Peace sessions, in using a range of analogies, along with his trademark humor, the Rabbi very eloquently points out that there is no need for us to lose our individuality to achieve peace. Whatever our differences we all have one undeniable fact in common we are all members of the same race, the human race. Our blood is all red and our tears are all salty. The word shalom, the Hebrew word for peace, is derived from a word that means whole, and the Rabbi argues that as such we should recognize we are all part of the same environment that binds us together and only in unison of vision, while retaining our individual beliefs, can there be completeness.Robyn Wigmore - former spokesperson and campaigner for the Christian aid organisation, World Vision, qualified teacher and tour guide, Robyn recently led a group of 20 school children on a historical journey through Japan. A mother of two, Robyn has used her demonstrably solid faith to steer her through several life changing tragedies while retaining a sense of humor, a joyous spirit, and positive attitude. Her experiences as an exchange student in Japan were equally life-changing when she found herself living in the home of a man who had been on the opposite side of a war with members of Robyn's family. The buoyant personality and effervescent nature of this lady are infectious and the observations she's made and lessons she's learned from her life experiences are inspirational.Lynn Santer - founder and manager of the Passion for Peace team, Lynn is a best-selling author and awarded screenwriter who has been an active campaigner for wildlife conservation since she was a small child. Her first award for animal welfare was presented when she was just eleven years old, and she sent her first manuscript to a publisher at the ripe old age of nine! Today that manuscript 'The Magical Scarecrows' has been rewritten and illustrated and is being produced by Lynn specifically and solely to be donated to children's hospitals and children's charities. Lynn is the co-author of Ali's autobiography 'Farewell Brave Babylon', a member of Rabbi Gurevitch's Hebrew Congregation, and close friend to Robyn Wigmore. Peace, Salaam, Shalom!

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Lynn Santer

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