Fergusson, Lorna

Born and brought up in northern Scotland, Lorna Fergusson lives in Oxford with her husband and two sons. She runs the Fictionfire Literary Consultancy and is currently working on a historical novel. 'The Chase' was first published by Bloomsbury. She has won an Ian St James Award, been shortlisted for the Bridport Prize, longlisted for the Fish Short Story Prize, was a finalist in the Historical Novel Society's short story prize in 2012 and her children's novel 'Hinterland' is currently on the eight-strong long list for Pan Macmillan's Write Now Prize.