Photo Courtesy Of Nina Lichtenstein Moments after the author, left, met Heidi, right. The first thing I noticed was how bleary-eyed the woman was, and what a pretty white linen tunic she wore. AdvertisementGrowing up in a small town can make things interesting: My aunt, my father’s sister-in-law, is from the same town as Heidi. AdvertisementIndeed, I now realise I unknowingly wrote this book for one very important person: my half-sister. Nina B. Lichtenstein, Phd., MFA, is a native of Oslo, Norway.