Catriona McPherson

Catriona McPherson was born in the village of Queensferry in southeast Scotland and left Edinburgh University with a PhD in linguistics. Her historical fiction has been shortlisted for the CWA Ellis Peters Award and longlisted for Theakston’s Crime Novel of the Year, as well as winning two Agathas, two Macavitys, and four Leftys in the US. McPherson lives most of the year in northern California, spends summers in Scotland, and writes full-time in both.