About the Authors

Christine Carol Nowell is the daughter of a Royal Air Force family. Her father, Frank, was an air gunner in the later part of World War II and his only daughter was born shortly after the war ended. Her father continued his career with the RAF and Christine, with her mother, Marjorie, led the life of a typical military family around the world. She completed her education in Singapore and became a photographic model. There she met her future husband, John, and ironically, introduced him into the world of photography.

After school, she joined British Airways and saw yet more of the world as a stewardess on the De Havilland Comet 4Bs in the days when stopovers were more generous. She & John were married at RAF Thorney Island in 1969 and their first son, Marc, arrived in 1971 followed by daughter, Kerri, in 1972; Robert in 1974; Simone in 1978; Nicholas in 1980 and finally William in 1987. Today, with the family almost grown, she runs the Zodiac Image Library in Dubai and is continuing research into her next book Now & Then - Egypt.