Hello, I’m delighted you found me! I’m a Scottish author inspired by history, landscape and the choices that shape ordinary lives.
My novels range from the upheavals of Reformation Scotland to contemporary stories of danger, recovery and fresh starts.
Here you’ll find my books, historical research, book group resources and updates from Scotland.
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Some Blogs
- What is a comma splice… and how have I remained in happy ignorance of them for all these years? I’m sure Miss Redford never mentioned splicing when she was teaching us how to parse sentences in P6. But then the memory fades …
- Stirling Castle and La Belle ÉcossaiseOn a recent visit to Stirling Castle I met La Belle Écossaise hovering in Queen Mary of Guise’s chambers. She was not as discrete as one would expect from a lady in waiting and even told me that …
- What a Good Editor DoesMargaret Atwood describes a good copy editor as ‘the person who will save you from yourself,’ and I have to agree. I am fortunate to have Richard Sheehan as mine. After he emerged from editing my most recent in series The Familists I asked him if he would share some of his secrets in a guest post, which he generously agreed to do.