Ali Bacon

After graduating from St Andrews University, Ali moved to the South West of England where her writing is still strongly influenced by her Scottish roots. This is her third historical novel after A Kettle of Fish and In the Blink of an Eye which was listed in the ASLS best Scottish books of that year. Short story successes include Evesham Short Story Prize, Bristol Short Story Prize, Local Writer. She conceived The Absent Heart through a family connection to the writer, Robert Louis Stevenson