Sally Magnusson Raised in Glasgow, Sally Magnusson is a Scottish writer and broadcaster. She began her career at The Scotsman before moving to the BBC, notably as a long-serving presenter of BBC Scotland’s Reporting Scotland news programme. She has worked on a range...
Shona MacLean Shona MacLean was born in Inverness and brought up in the Scottish Highlands where her parents were hoteliers. After Dingwall Academy, she studied at Aberdeen University where she obtained an MA and a PhD in History. She began writing while living on the...
Jenny Lecoat Jenny Lecoat is a screenwriter and novelist. A former stand-up comic, presenter, actor and feature writer for newspapers and magazines, she has spent thirty years writing for a range of formats including feature film, television drama, sitcoms and sketch...
Eirinie Lapidaki Born in the north-east of England Eirinie read English Literature at St Andrews and completed her MLitt at Newcastle University, where she researched Victorian social reform poetry and the periodical press. Her debut novel, The Wives of Halcyon, is...
Alanna Knight Alanna Knight (1923–2020) was born on Tyneside of Scots-Irish parentage and remains one of the most popular authors in UK libraries. A leading crime writer, Alanna wrote three historical crime series: the Victorian detective Inspector Jeremy Faro, lady...
