I am first generation Australian. My father was born in New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland and I have always had a fascination with all things Scottish. I have visited Scotland twice (with my husband Iain who also had a Scottish father) and feel at home when I go there. I started researching my family tree some years ago and the information I uncovered was worthy of three historical fiction novels. I have used the family history, and all the tragedies that befell them, as the basis of the novels and imagined how the characters would have acted and reacted in certain sit more...
