Having spent most of their life immersed in diverse rural landscapes, from the Cornish coast to the Scottish Highlands, this author delves into the intricate ways people interact with each other and their environment. A childhood spent observing and questioning the minutiae of their surroundings, further honed by an academic and research career, led them to fiction. Their novels and non-fiction explore these complex relationships, whether set on a remote Scottish island, within a world built for 'normal'-sized adults, or aboard a working trawler.
Shortlisted for the Lakeland Book of the Year. The Fresh and the Salt is a beautifully written natural history of the Solway Firth, one of the largest estuaries in Europe, told through the people whose lives are linked to the firth and the enormous wealth of wildlife that call it home.