Born and bred in Sylvania Waters, Kathy Lette is regarded as a national treasure in her native Australia. She is the author of Girls Night Out , Llama Parlour, Foetal Attraction, Mad Cows, Altar Ego and Nip an' Tuck. Mad Cows was made into a film, starring Anna Friel, Joanna Lumley and Greg Wise which came out in Autumn 1999.