<p>Fiona was the winner of the Federation of Writers (Scotland) short story competition, 2023.</p><p>She dropped out of school aged 15, because being the consummate rebel, she hated it! After becoming a single parent she decided to return to education, graduating in 1996 with an honours degree in primary education. Ah, the irony!</p><p>As soon as she graduated she packed everything she owned into her Renault 11, including her daughter, two dogs, and a cat, and headed off to Estonia to become an international school teacher. After fifteen years of teaching, predominantly in Eastern Europe, she returned to the UK.</p><p>She now lives on the east coast of Scotland and has previously written four books under the pen name of F J Curlew. She has reverted to using her given name.</p><p>Her writing has been described as, "Human experience impacted upon by political situation, interwoven with a love of nature."</p>
