Patricia Donoghue, writing under the nom de plume of G.B. Carmichael, was born in Edinburgh in the fabulous fifties. Now living on the south coast of England, she has three wonderful children who have grown into the most beautiful adults in spite of her. She is “Nana” to four boys and two girls – with another grandchild on the way. 

 Her life has included time as a bookie’s clerk, training as a person-centred psychologist (working in a converted toilet in a prison), and her own highland regalia and instrument business.

She was invited to join the London Scots Regimental Band in Italy in 2008, who were invited to play all along the Piave River and in Venice’s St. Mark’s Square to commemorate the last battles of World War I.