Lorraine Orman (born 24 November 1948) is a New Zealand writer, librarian, writing tutor, competition judge and reviewer.
She has written books for children and young adults and a number of her short stories have been anthologised.
[1] She studied for a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Auckland, followed by a post-graduate diploma of librarianship in Wellington.
[3][4] With a young family, she began to write short stories for children, the first of which was published in the New Zealand School Journal in 1982.
After living for many years in Warkworth, Lorraine Orman moved to Christchurch with her husband in 2018 to be closer to family.