Janet Paisley
(born 1948 - ) - Falkirk
Janet Paisley was born in Essex but raised in Avonbridge in central Scotland. She was a school teacher, but has been a writer, poet, and playwright since 1979. Paisley has won several Scottish Arts Council Bursaries and Fellowships, including to write Not for Glory, a series of linked short stories set near Falkirk. She writes in both English and Scots.
Paisley has been a scriptwriter for Scottish soap operas High Road and River City. Her 2001 short film Long Haul received a Bafta nomination.
White Rose Rebel is first full-length novel.
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Not For Glory - Paperback
£9.99
This collection of stories is delivered in a Scottish prose style unique to this writer. The author sets her book in a central Scots village, laying bare dramas of the lives of the villagers in a world where there's little escape and privacy. -
Add to BasketWarrior Daughter - Paperback
£8.99
Daughter of an Iron Age warrior queen, Skaaha is wild, headstrong and revered. But she is also a child, and when a chariot race leaves her mother dead and the queen's rival Mara in her place, Skaaha's charmed life lies in ruins. Vulnerable, her future imperilled, Skaaha seeks to forge a life beyond the new queen's reach. -
White Rose Rebel - Hardback
£12.99
'White Rose Rebel' is the story of a couple torn apart and set against each other, finding themselves on opposite sides during the Jacobite Rebellion. -
Add to BasketWicked! - Paperback
£5.95
Jas overhears his wife in bed with an Italian. His plan to retire early & spend their winters in Italy is out the window. He tries to confront Linda but it all goes wrong. Is she toying with him? She's toying with lots of other things - Italians, sexy underwear, massage oil.
Bibliography
- Pegasus in Flight - 1989
- Biting Through Skins - 1992
- Wild Fire - 1993
- Alien Crop - 1996
- Reading the Bones - 1999
- Ye Cannae Win - 2000
- Not for Glory - 2002
- Wicked! - 2006
- White Rose Rebel - 2007
- Warrior Daughter - 2009
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