Laurie Boucke grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and lived abroad for 18 years, mainly in the Netherlands where she co-founded one of the first Indian restaurants, and also in France and Germany. She speaks five languages. Laurie and Colin started their publishing company in 1989 with publication of “The UnDutchables” which takes a humorous look at daily Dutch life and is considered to be a “survival guide” for living in the Netherlands. Laurie also worked as a realtime stenographer for the deaf and hard-of-hearing and authored three reference books and a website for court reporters. She has also been a teacher, mentor and author of books and DVDs about infant potty training, based on extensive anthropological research