Despite living in Canada for fifty years come this 2nd July (just missed the big 1st July birthday bash), is still primarily a Scot. She grew up in a small village in the Lothians, a mid-country belt that divides the Highlands from the Borders. Plans to reside with her pen-pal's mother and attend University of Albuquerque once she had finished high school were nipped in the bud by her mother, who arranged a post for her in the county town as a ‘National and Local Government Officer’ (one obeyed one's mother in the 50's, right?). This was an eye-opener for young Liz; invaluable experience, as it turned out.
She has a catholic taste in reading, and also in writing. She has had several how-to articles and short stories for teens and younger children published in magazines in the U.S. and overseas. She also does editing for writers of children's and adult's literature. She was acknowledged for this last in a bilingual non-fiction Japanese publication last March. Quite an honour, she feels.
She writes whatever takes her fancy, which at the moment is her first venture into writing a book. It tells the adventures of a boy in wartime Scotland; Alec is evacuated to live with his aunt after German bombs have flattened his hometown of Clydebank. Turns out life in the country is not quite as boring as he had feared!
She has a catholic taste in reading, and also in writing. She has had several how-to articles and short stories for teens and younger children published in magazines in the U.S. and overseas. She also does editing for writers of children's and adult's literature. She was acknowledged for this last in a bilingual non-fiction Japanese publication last March. Quite an honour, she feels.
She writes whatever takes her fancy, which at the moment is her first venture into writing a book. It tells the adventures of a boy in wartime Scotland; Alec is evacuated to live with his aunt after German bombs have flattened his hometown of Clydebank. Turns out life in the country is not quite as boring as he had feared!
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