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...
Flora Johnston Flora Johnston’s love of Scotland’s history began at St Andrews University and has included working at the National Museum of Scotland and a career in heritage interpretation, as well as writing several non-fiction books. Her debut novel What You Call...
James Jauncey James Jauncey grew up in Edinburgh and Perthshire and studied law at Aberdeen University. He spent much of his twenties travelling and working as a journalist and business writer. In the same year, at the age of 40, he moved back to Scotland and...
Sandra Ireland Sandra Ireland was born in Yorkshire, lived for many years in Éire, and is now based in Angus, Scotland. She began her writing career as a correspondent on a local newspaper, but quickly realised that fiction is much more intriguing than fact. In 2013...
Alice Horn Alice Horn is a freelance children’s illustrator and secondary school art teacher based in London. She studied Illustration at Edinburgh College of Art, and then a PGCE in Art & Design at the Institute of Education, UCL. Alice’s illustrative work shows...
