Tita says: I am a Brazilian in my early thirties and I write and illustrate for children. One way of settling myself into the publishing industry after moving to the UK was joining the SoA, which has been utterly helpful in many ways. However, when it came to social events, being surrounded by so many…
Claire Watts has been a writer and editor of fiction and nonfiction for children and young adults for thirty years. She is editor of the weekly online magazine of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (British Isles). She lives in rural Dumfries and Galloway. Photo by andrewperry.co.uk
Bill Manley is an Egyptologist and Coptic scholar, who teaches at the University of Glasgow and has worked with archaeological projects in Egypt and Palestine for more than two decades. His output includes textbooks, catalogues, scholarly articles and museum exhibitions, covering subjects as diverse as ancient language and texts, art and jewellery, the history of…
I have been writing for over twenty years: mainly poetry. I have self-published three novels: The Nemesis of Professor James Aldiss and Beyond the Wall are on Amazon, and There We Were will be there shortly. I have also written an account of many years of abuse by what I believe is a widespread and organised system that must be harming many…
Ceitidh Hutton lives and works in the Highlands. She also writes under the name of C.C. Hutton and is better known for her Scottish Gaelic Children’s books. Grumpa agus an Latha Fuaimneach won Best Young Children’s book at the Royal National Mod 2019. Ceitidh was named on the shortlist for the Gaelic Literature Awards 2020 with her…
Jane MacKenzie is a fiction author who lives in in the Scottish Highlands, though she also spends some time each year at her other home in France. Jane has lived and worked all over the world, including Africa, the Arabian Gulf and Papua New Guinea. Most recently she worked in Geneva, where she was Head…
Mac Logan is author of the Angels’ Share series, the up and coming Reborn Tree saga, a couple of business titles, and many business-related articles and blogs. He lives in the beautiful East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. Mac joined the Society of Authors in Scotland Committee in 2018 and was elected as SoAiS Chair in 2020.
Anna joined the SoA in 2005. She leads on the SoA’s HR, feeds into organisational strategy, governance, works with the SoA’s Management Committee and Council. She is the coordinator for the Society of Authors in Scotland and the SoA’s Carers’ Network.
