Lin Anderson

Lin Anderson is the co-founder with Alex Gray of the Bloody Scotland Crime Writing Festival, and is known as a Tartan Noir writer. Anderson, Gray and Alanna knight are member of the Femmes Fatales crime writing trio. She is also a screenwriter, with a Celtic Festival best drama award for River Child. She taught math and computing before quitting to become a writer, and she took Glasgow University's forensic science course to prepare her for writing about forensic scientist Dr. Rhona MacLeod. The series of books have been optioned for British television. Her short story, "Dead Close" is in production as a movie. Lin is working with John Sinclair, former keyboard player with Ozzy Osbourne, on a rock musical. She divides her time between the Highland, Edinburgh, and the south of France. [from Bloody Scotland, 2018 and Daily Record interview, 2012, and Wikipedia (retrieved 8/27/2021]