Dorrit Barrett was born i Denmark in 1945. She was the eldest of 4 children and spent much of her childhood looking after younger brothers. She was a frequent flyer in the emergency rooms, as her skin split for next to nothing. Nobody in the family had similar problems, and no special care was taken. After high school she got a MA in English and Spanish literature. She had a multitude of jobs from an early age - from gas station attendant to university teacher, translator, journalist, and writer. Now lives in Spain with her third husband. Has one adopted child and a large number of "bonus children" from her husband's first marriage. A large family where nobody else has EDS. She still writes - mainly for magazines. And she still occasionally spends hours in the emergency room.