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I grew up in Edinburgh in a house overflowing with books, and I spent most of my childhood either reading or scribbling in mysterious notebooks.

After studying English literature at university, I returned to Edinburgh and worked as a commercial lawyer for several years, specialising in employment and pensions law. But it was motherhood that propelled me into writing, generating ideas that I wanted to explore through stories. I started writing my first novel, just to see what would happen, and then found it impossible to stop.
It took me a few years to work out what I was doing, but Tiny Acts of Love, the very same novel that I started as a new mum, has now been published! I'm now writing my second novel, when permitted by my two small daught ...more

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When my last book was published in 2016, my life was in turmoil - I had just lost my beloved mum and my marriage had ended. I had gone from being a stay-at-home mum to working as a lawyer again.

Over the next few years it was hard to make time for writing as I built my new life and my new family. Then the pandemic happened! Like many people, I found that home working and home school meant there w Read more of this blog post »

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	The Child In My House 4.12 avg rating — 3,879 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Last Day I Saw Her 3.75 avg rating — 395 ratings — published 2016 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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