Born in
New Zealand to art teacher parents, her grandfather was the theatre critic for
National Radio. She took a
B.F.A. at the
University of Auckland in 1976 before moving to the United States in her early 20s where she followed a 25-year career as solo screenwriter and as a member of the Feather & Seidler writing team, with
Academy Awards winner
David Seidler. Among Feather's screenplays are
Whose Child Is This? The War for Baby Jessica (1993),
Dancing in the Dark (1995),
Goldrush: A Real Life Alaskan Adventure (1988),
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World (1988),
Quest for Camelot (1998),
Come On Get Happy: The Partridge Family Story (1999) and
Son of the Dragon (2008). Having taken an
M.A. in Counseling Psychology and a
Ph.D in Mythological Studies with an Emphasis in Depth Psychology at the
Pacifica Graduate Institute (2001–2008), she then undertook six years analytic training. Today she continues her writing alongside practicing as a Jungian Analyst/Depth psychotherapist in Ojai California, and is a Training Analyst at the C.G. Jung Study Center of Southern California. ==Writing credits==