In a past life, Dougie has been a dockyard worker, student, and musician. Writing has always been in his blood and bone.

He draws inspiration from his love of Edinburgh and Greece. Their people and histories have all found their way into the books he writes.

Dougie is the author of several novels of both Contemporary Women's Fiction and Second World War Fiction.

His novels are rich with characters that face impossible choices, extraordinary circumstances and the power of secrets told through ordinary people reacting to the ups and downs of the human condition and the complexity of the heart.

Dougie lives with his wife, daughter and forever hungry golden retriever in an intermittent empty nest as his son comes and goes.

Discover the books that readers are describing as an emotional roller-coaster of intrigue and drama, love and hope.

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