Alice Thompson

Alice Thompson

Alice Thompson Alice Thompson grew up in Edinburgh and read English at Oxford University. After spending the 80s playing keyboards with the almost, but not quite famous, post-punk band The Woodentops, she turned to writing. She was formerly Writer in Residence for...
Sara Sheridan

Sara Sheridan

Sara Sheridan Born in Edinburgh and educated at Trinity College Dublin, Sara Sheridan is most famous for her two series of historical novels: one, the Mirabelle Bevan novels, noir mysteries set in 1950s Brighton, and the other exploring on real lives of late Victorian...
Susan Sellers

Susan Sellers

Susan Sellers After a nomadic childhood, Susan Sellers ran away to Paris. Renting a chambre de bonne, she worked as a barmaid and tour guide, bluffed her way as a software translator and co-wrote a film script with a Hollywood screenwriter. She also became closely...
Cara Rooney

Cara Rooney

Cara Rooney Cara Rooney is an illustrator, plaything maker and workshop facilitator based in Dundee, Scotland, creating illustrations, interactive books and toys, portraying fascination for the natural world and childlike curiosity. Cara graduated from Duncan of...
Maggie Ritchie

Maggie Ritchie

Maggie Ritchie Maggie Ritchie was shortlisted for the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize for Best Published Novel for Looking for Evelyn (Saraband). She was awarded the Curtis Brown Prize for her debut novel, Paris Kiss (Saraband), on the University of Glasgow’s...