Moira McPartlin is a Scot with Irish roots. Although born in the Scottish Borders, she was brought up in a Fife mining village. She has been writing short stories, articles and poetry for a number of years and has had work published in Northwords Now, Crannog, Countryside Tales, Brittle Star, Giggle, The Scottish Mountaineer and a number of anthologies. Moira is one of the organizers for Weegie Wednesday, a monthly book industry networking event held in Glasgow and sits on the editorial board of New Voices Press, the publishing arm of the Federation of Writers’ Scotland. The Incomers, Moira’s debut novel was published by Fledgling Press - March 2012