Heather Atkinson

I live in North Ayrshire in Scotland with my twin girls and husband, although we are originally from Lancashire in the north of England. I am a qualified medical secretary by profession, with a few years experience in the surgical departments of a busy general hospital. I gave this up when I had my gorgeous twins. Writing has been a passion of mine since I was a child and I love writing in a variety of genres, especially historical, supernatural, crime and romance, combining and mixing them up.When I'm not writing I love to read and I am particularly inspired by Edgar Allen Poe, the Brontes, Stuart MacBride, Anne Rice, Martina Cole, Ian Rankin, Georgette Heyer and Daphne Du Maurier. I also enjoy reading, exercising and contemporary and gothic bellydance.Raven is the first book in a brand new crime series.I appeared on a panel at the Ayrshire Tidelines Book Festival in September 2015. I was also author of the month in December 2013 on the website for crime fiction lovers, theresbeenamurder.wordpress.com.Many thanks to everyone who has supported me throughout my writing career, your support is so appreciated.Website: www.heatheratkinsonbooks.com You can also follow me on Twitter at #heatheratkinso1 and Facebook: facebook.com/booksofheatheratkinson