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Hi, I’m Vanessa and welcome to my site.
In 2015, I won Bloody Scotland’s Pitch Perfect event and my first novel, Death Will Find Me, was published in February, 2019. The second Tessa Kilpatrick book will be out early next year and in the meantime, I’ll soon be launching a series of art crime thrillers.
You can find out more about me and what I’m up to by following the links at the top, and there are contact details below if you want to ask me any questions or invite me to talk at your bookshop, library or festival.
Category Archives: Reading
Josephine Pullein Thompson, 1924 – 2014
It was with enormous sadness that I heard of the passing of Josephine Pullein Thompson last week. She was one of Fidra Books’ first authors and I had the pleasure and privilege of meeting her twice. If you’d told the … Continue reading
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Shelf Notes: High Rising by Angela Thirkell
Angela Thirkell was hugely successful in the ’30s, ’40s and ’50s but rather dropped out of sight in later years. However, she maintained a stalwart readership who pursued her out-of-print titles vigorously. Although aware of AT, I’d never read any … Continue reading
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A Shameless Plug!
As some of you may know, I run a tiny publishing company called Fidra Books which specialises in rescuing neglected children’s classics. It’s a labour of love which will never make me rich but I do love it and I … Continue reading
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“It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it.” Oscar Wilde
Having owned a bookshop for five years, I’ve had to read a lot of books. They haven’t always been books I’ve wanted to read but I’ve needed to plough through nonetheless because I needed to be able to talk intelligently … Continue reading
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