Janet Paisley

(born 1948 - ) - Falkirk

Janet Paisley

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 - Janet Paisley
    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.
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    White Rose Rebel - Hardback - Janet Paisley
    '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.
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    Wicked! - Paperback - Janet Paisley
    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