Born in 1977, the author spent the first few years of his life living in his father’s ancestral village, St Abbs, Berwickshire, Scotland. The family then moved to Shetland where he spent the majority of his childhood, before settling in Arbroath for the remainder of his teenage years. He now lives and works in Dundee with his wife and three young children.
Isabel Cowe was the owner of The St Abb’s Haven boarding house from 1914 to 1931. A native of St Abb’s and of fishing folk, she was a popular figure in the village. Throughout her life, Miss Cowe fought against the injustice of the Parish Council on a number of issues which she believed were det...
