I’m a retired special needs teacher, now writer and author of seven published books. More about that later.
I published my first book in time for my 70th birthday and haven’t looked back. For me, writing is a hobby, publication a thrill.
I live with my husband Drew in Scotland, in a former mining village, Glenboig, about 10 miles from Glasgow. The part of the village where I live is Ramoan, hence my use of RAMOAN PRESS for publication purposes.
I’m a prolific reader mostly of crime books but have been known to read outwith that genre. When not reading or writing novels I enjoy gardening and lunching with family and friends.
My trilogy, THE LUCY TRILOGY is an abduction story set in USA and moves to UK and back: CALL MAMA, SCAMPER’S FIND,THE LECI LEGACY make up the three books.
I have written one book for children, THE CLOCK THAT LOST ITS TICK AND OTHER TALES, a compilation of twelve stories aimed at 7 to 11 years of age and suitable to be read to younger children.
A novella trilogy that goes under the gene of cosy crime is composed of A CASE FOR JULIE and A BREAK FOR JULIE with A LETTER FOR JULIE to follow. These novella books are aimed at readers who enjoy stories like Miss Marple and Murder She Wrote.
Finally, I have a compilation of ten short stories of various genres.
CHANCE WOULD BE A FINE THING…if anyone had told me that I would feature regularly in the press , my reply would have been ‘chance would be a fine thing.’
Well, chance was a fine thing. When my first book CALL MAMA was published, my husband mentioned it to the manager of our local Tesco, a man we had got to know well during our regular visits to the store. He suggested that I do a book signing in the store…I thought at first he was joking as I’d never known that to happen, but he was serious and arranged a date, contacted the local paper and so, by chance I had my first of many appearances in my local newspaper.
With Neil, manager of Tesco. Next thing to happen was that
Tom, the newspaper photographer arrived to take my picture, this is the one I often use to promote my books. I had a phone interview with a reporter, this is the first article to be in the newspaper. It ran a competition, the prize was to be a copy of Call Mama.
Above is the winner May, who has become a firm fan. I delivered the prize book and met Graham, the editor who has also become a good friend, and so, by chance, my media life began.
From Land's End to John O'Groats and places in between
I’ve met some amazing people since I began my writing career, from politicians, to famous authors, renewed acquaintances with former friends, made new friends for life and even had Father Christmas in on the act.
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