Elgin Writers
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About Elgin Writers
She writes whatever comes into her head, including crime, fantasy and horror, and is published by Bloomsbury, Strident, Harper Collins and Hodder, and by Tor Macmillan in the United States. Her first book Bad Faith, a murder mystery set in a theocratic Scotland, was published in 2008. Her most recent series is Rebel Angels, a four-volume fantasy set in the Scottish Highlands. She also ghostwrites for a number of companies including Working Partners and Hothouse Fiction (as Erin Hunter, Adam Blade and Gabriella Poole).
She has been nominated for a Carnegie Medal (for Crossing The Line) and her books have featured on many shortlists including the Royal Mail Scottish Book Award and the North East Book Award (for The Opposite of Amber). She was nominated for the David Gemmell Legend Award for Firebrand.
Gillian was born in Glasgow but has been all over the place since then; she now lives near Dallas in Moray with her husband, twins, three dogs, two cats, three chickens and many nervous fish. She has been writing all her life, but has briefly held down proper jobs as a record store assistant, theatre usherette, barmaid, sales rep, political assistant, radio presenter, typesetter, and singer in an Irish bar in Barbados.
www.gillianphilip.com
www.facebook.com/gillianphilipauthor
Twitter: @Gillian_Philip
Gillian Philip
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I've been a member of Elgin Writers for over twenty years, since I first moved to the area from my native Glasgow. I found the group to be a real lifeline. It was so encouraging to be able to meet up regularly with fellow writers. I've also made some fantastic friends. Although I'm only a postal member, I really appreciate being part of such a supportive group.
One of my first publishing successes was a tongue-in-cheek article for The Herald on the culture shock inherent in moving from the Central Belt to the North of Scotland. I went on to publish hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles, some humorous, some serious, some researched pieces on Scottish history. Building on those, in 1997 I published my first book, Damn' Rebel Bitches: The Women of the '45. I subsequently published its companion volume Bare-Arsed Banditti: The Men of the '45. My most recent non-fiction book is When the Clyde Ran Red, a popular history of Red Clydeside. I also write novels. Six are six set in Glasgow and Clydebank during the first half of the 20th century. One Sweet Moment is a darkly romantic tale of old Edinburgh. The current work in progress is Gathering Storm, a story of Jacobite intrigue and romance in 1740s Edinburgh.
http://www.maggiecraig.co.uk
The club meets biweekly from March to June and from September to December with talks by club members and guest speakers, writing evenings, competitions and advice sessions.
Below are details of two of our past successful members.
Maggie Craig
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