David Dodds
After years of reading and enjoying vibrant fantasy novels and writing dry, professional reports I broke free and I now enjoy writing the sort of books I like to read. Much of my writing uses the history and legends of Edinburgh to provide a backdrop for a hidden fantasy world.
My first degree was in history, since when I've had a haphazard career, taking in conserving bats, managing businesses that would have been better left unmanaged, bookselling, and many other random things, all of which provide odd snippets of material for my writing.
I'm a semi-retired consultant ecologist and live in an old railway-workers cottage in Peebles with my wife, Rona, a one-eyed cat and a small, opinionated dog. In my spare time I teach people to fly gliders
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