Sarah Fraser moved to Scotland over 40 years ago to marry into clan Fraser of Lovat (twice), give birth to four more Frasers and write about another one: the most notorious clan chief, Simon Fraser, Lovat of the ’45.

After a long break Sarah is now at work on historical crime fiction set in the period of Bonnie Prince Charlie’s 1745 rebellion. Jacobite spy, Lilias Erskine, endures a gripping personal story that unfolds against the backdrop of game changing major historical dramas of war, revolution, and social upheaval.

Background and previous published books:

Sarah educated her children through the medium of Gaelic, learning Gaelic and completing an MA and PhD on obscene Gaelic poetry at Edinburgh University. .

The Last Highlander Scotland’s Most Notorious Clan Chief, Rebel and double Agent (HarperCollins) won the 2012 Saltire Society First Book Prize and became a New York Times bestseller. With Dan Snow, she made a documentary on its unruly, colourful subject (History Hit TV Channel, The Mystery of the Headless Man. The Prince Who Would be King: The Life and Death of Henry Stuart (William Collins 2017) was acclaimed as a TLS Book of the Year, and a Telegraph History Books of the Year. Sarah was the historical consultant and co-writer on a BBC documentary based on the book (title, The Best King We Never Had) which came out in 2017.

Sarah’s website: www.sarahfraser.co.uk/
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Sarah is represented at Jenny Brown Associates by Lisa Highton.  For all enquiries:
lisa@jennybrownassociates.com