That murky auld water that carries the Pentland Hills to Leith is getting somewhat busier than usual these days.
Its banks hold lockdown escapees, leaning on railings, studying the overgrown undergrowth. Islands of ancient brick, wood and bush teem with broods of swans, ducks and mergansers. Seagulls fight the sky for space while kingfishers dart under bridges and otters dance between the reeds and rusting millrun gates.
Who’d have believed it, a world of wonder on an old murky stream.
Before graduating in English Literature at the University of Edinburgh in 1995, I worked as a master joiner/carpenter. Following graduation from university, I studied for a post-graduate diploma in Community Education and worked as a literacy tutor in Community Learning and Development. I have gained education awards and published an academic paper on the use of Scots language in family literacy work. I have produced teachers' notes for the Scottish Book Trust.
My first work of fiction, Justified Sinner, was completed in 2016. Since then I have published three more novels in the JP Associate series.
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