Kerrie Noor

Back in the days before TV remotes and when the Bay City Rollers were Scotland's finest export, Kerrie Noor left Australia for a working holiday - and never looked back.Now based in Scotland, she's been a community radio DJ, belly dance teacher, stand-up comic, and Edinburgh Festival performer. Her first sci-fi novel, Rebel Without a Clue, was inspired by her time helping out in an Indian restaurant after marrying into a Bangladeshi family.Observing as an outsider and often the only woman in the room she saw a comedy of misunderstandings, and the Planet Hy Man series was born - a satirical feminist space opera.Kerrie has been shortlisted for the Asham Short Story Award and had two short plays performed on the radio.