Hello

I have been writing all mylife. From short stories, written as a child on an elderly typewriter, via editing a university newsletter, I progressed to writing both fiction and non-fiction for a broad range of magazines and blogs, as diverse as Practical Wireless, Sailplane & Gliding and various wildlife and conservation publications.

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When I progressed to novel-writing I combined my love of history and mythology with magical realism, set in the dark wynds and closes of Edinburgh. My first novel, Touchpaper, the first in the Parallel Realm series was published in 2024. The second, Wyrm-galdr was published in late 2025.

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I live in a former railway workers cottage in the Scottish Borders with my wonderful and creative wife Rona, a small and opinionated dog and an eldely one-eyed cat. Now retired from work as a bat ecologist, when not engaged in writing or small-dog-wrangling I help Rona with her successful plant nursery. I also enjoy  flying gliders over the beautiful Scottish Borders and am privileged to train new pilots, in my role as a flight instructor.