Books
My books come from the stories that find us, and the stories we inherit - from our families and from the places that make us who we are.
Tree Bird Fish Bell
Here's the tree that never grew
Here's the bird that never flew
Here's the fish that never swam
Here's the bell that never rang
Every Glasgow child knows the ancient rhyme about the four miracles of Saint Mungo.
But what would happen if the tree grew, the bird flew, the fish swam and the bell pealed out its joy?
As winter approaches, the lives of four colleagues at Molendinar Advertising begin to unravel.
Robyn has spent years caring for her difficult mother while putting her own life on hold. Rowan is trapped running the failing family advertising agency he never wanted to inherit. Jimmy has built a safe suburban life far from the violence of his childhood, but fears it could all disappear overnight. Anna, haunted by a devastating mistake in her teens, has spent years trying not to be seen at all.
Meanwhile, Mungo has watched over Glasgow for centuries, quietly guiding the city and its people through heartbreak, loss, love and reinvention. But Glasgow is changing. People aren't sharing the stories that are the lifeblood of the city, and Mungo is beginning to lose faith.
As their lives begin to intersect, old wounds surface, buried truths emerge, and the city itself awakens in unexpected ways.
TREE BIRD FISH BELL is a story about second chances, the families we build, and the hidden magic inside ordinary lives.
Currently out on submission.
Who I Used To Be
Is it ever okay to do the wrong thing for the right reason?
Forty years ago, Maria Fraser left Glasgow carrying a secret.
Now living in Australia, she has built a spectacular, safe and carefully ordered life. She's a national TV legend, with a great husband, grown daughter, and four decades of distance from the past. Maria believes she is on safe ground.
But when a tribute documentary by her own network threatens to reopen the story she thought she had buried, the questions she has spent a lifetime avoiding start to surface.
As past and present collide, Maria is forced to confront the choices that shaped her life, the people she hurt, and whether it is truly possible to make amends for the terrible thing she did.
Set between Sydney and Glasgow, WHO I USED TO BE is a story about choices, reinvention, migration, memory, and the courage it takes to face the past and decide who you want to become next.
Currently in revision
