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I am an author and screenwriter, best known for the long running series of crime thriller novels featuring forensic scientist Dr Rhona MacLeod. I have appeared at a variety of events in a number of environments, including book and science festivals (both here and abroad), libraries, colleges, schools, prisons and book clubs. I’ve also given masterclasses in short story, crime novel structure and screenwriting.
I am co-founder of Bloody Scotland, Scotland’s annual international crime writing festival and, through this, help develop and encourage new writing in that genre.
Aberdeen City; Aberdeenshire; Angus; Argyll and Bute; Clackmannanshire; Dumfries and Galloway; Dundee; East Ayrshire; East Dunbartonshire; East Lothian; East Renfrewshire; Edinburgh City; Falkirk; Fife; Glasgow City; Highland; Inverclyde; Midlothian; Moray; Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles); North Ayrshire; North Lanarkshire; Orkney Islands; Perth and Kinross; Renfrewshire; Scottish Borders; Shetland; South Ayrshire; South Lanarkshire; Stirling; West Dunbartonshire; West Lothian
Events will deliver
Panel event; Talk; Workshop; Chairing events
Audience will work with
Adult learners; Prisoners & young offenders; Reluctant readers
