<p>Born Alice Baxter in Scotland, she spent her working life in professional theatre. Too proud to cash in on the name of her famous brother, Stanley Baxter, she changed her name to Alice Dale. She performed in straight plays, pantomimes with Howard and Wyndham, variety and musicals as well as her own TV show ‘At Home With Alice Dale’ During a ten year stay in Nairobi she appeared in, and wrote scripts for, her TV programme ‘Shop Window’.</p><p>Moving to Perth, Western Australia, she appeared in most of the major theatres in plays, two  of which she wrote. She also wrote scripts for variety shows she appeared in.</p><p>Retired from theatre she turned her talents to full time writing, having three plays published and performed in Perth. ‘Ae Fond Kiss’ is her first novel.</p>
