Raised in the Highlands of Scotland, Russell Campbell has been a university business school lecturer for more than twenty years, including a seven-year spell running a Master’s degree in International Marketing delivered in Scotland and in Athens. He has written for both of Scotland’s leading quality newspapers, The Herald and The Scotsman, and has also contributed to the (Glasgow) Evening Times. Russell has also been a part-time joke writer for the greeting card industry, and a cartoonist, including work for Hallmark USA and contributions to leading newspapers and business publications. His first novel, Mover and Shirkers, is about insider trading. It was inspired by the notion of ‘greed versus fear’, which of course dominates stock marketRaised in the Highlands of Scotland, Russell Campbell has been a university business school lecturer for more than twenty years, including a seven-year spell running a Master’s degree in International Marketing delivered in Scotland and in Athens. He has written for both of Scotland’s leading quality newspapers, The Herald and The Scotsman, and has also contributed to the (Glasgow) Evening Times. Russell has also been a part-time joke writer for the greeting card industry, and a cartoonist, including work for Hallmark USA and contributions to leading newspapers and business publications. His first novel, Mover and Shirkers, is about insider trading. It was inspired by the notion of ‘greed versus fear’, which of course dominates stock markets in general, but which can also drive individual motivations towards cheating when information is limited. How many of us would use inside information if we felt we wouldn’t be caught? The title of the novel came from a business-themed cartoon strip Russell produced previously for The Herald newspaper, as it neatly summed up the characters in the book and why they might behave as they did. Russell is married with two children and lives in a small Scottish village where the inhabitants are no less exposed to the fear and greed we associate with the ‘City’... ...more
Russell CampbellMitch and Abbey McDeere from John Grisham's "The Firm" - conflicted, yet able to pull together to drive a compelling end to the novel.…moreMitch and Abbey McDeere from John Grisham's "The Firm" - conflicted, yet able to pull together to drive a compelling end to the novel.(less)