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Maggie Craig

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I'm a Scottish writer of fiction and non-fiction and love the breathtaking beauty, dramatic history and legends of my Scottish homeland. Thanks to being born into a family of storytellers, I've been immersed in all this since early childhood. My non-fiction books include the definitive study of women's involvement in the 1745 Jacobite Rising, Damn' Rebel Bitches: The Women of the '45, described by one critic as a 'modern classic.' Its companion volume is Bare-Arsed Banditti: The Men of the '45 . My most recent non-fiction book is One Week in April: The Scottish Radical Rising of 1820.

My Scottish family sagas are set in my hometown/s of Glasgow and Clydebank between the 1920s to the 1940s. I see them as love stories crossed with social histo I'm a Scottish writer of fiction and non-fiction and love the breathtaking beauty, dramatic history and legends of my Scottish homeland. Thanks to being born into a family of storytellers, I've been immersed in all this since early childhood. My non-fiction books include the definitive study of women's involvement in the 1745 Jacobite Rising, Damn' Rebel Bitches: The Women of the '45, described by one critic as a 'modern classic.' Its companion volume is Bare-Arsed Banditti: The Men of the '45 . My most recent non-fiction book is One Week in April: The Scottish Radical Rising of 1820.

My Scottish family sagas are set in my hometown/s of Glasgow and Clydebank between the 1920s to the 1940s. I see them as love stories crossed with social history. Although I don't directly use the history of my own working-class family, my sagas are inspired by their struggles and triumphs.

I draw on my non-fiction research to ground my novels in authentic history. Set in 1820s Edinburgh, One Sweet Moment has been described by one reviewer as 'Romance with a capital R', which it most certainly is, although I've also been told that it's not for the faint-hearted. Life wasn't easy if you were a poor young woman back then and I felt the book had to reflect that. One Sweet Moment is also about Edinburgh and its Jekyll and Hyde nature, the parlours of the New Town and the underground vaults and oyster cellars of the Old Town. The love story of poor girl Catriona and wealthy young medical student Richard is set against the visit of King George IV to the city in 1822 and the dramatic Great Fire of Edinburgh of 1824.

Gathering Storm, a novel of Jacobite intrigue and romance, is the first of a suite of novels featuring the same intertwining cast of characters finding their way through the moral dilemmas, drama and battles of the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion. It's a passionate love story where enemies become lovers. All four novels in my Storm over Scotland have now been published. In order, they are Gathering Storm, Dance to the Storm, Storm Tossed Moon and On the Wings of the Storm.

As an avid reader, I love to read novels which might be described as intelligent escapism. I also love romantic suspense, the sort of books where you wonder how on earth the hero and heroine are going to make it through all the dangers and difficulties which beset them to the happy ending they deserve. Among my favourite authors are Georgette Heyer, Dorothy L Sayers, Elizabeth Peters, Barbara Erskine, Susanna Kearsley, Victoria Hodgson, Elly Griffiths and Nora Roberts. I also read a lot of non-fiction, particularly historical. Favourite periods include 18th century and World War 2 Britain and I love to read about the forgotten women of history. ...more

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	Damn' Rebel Bitches: The Women of the '45 4.21 avg rating — 239 ratings — published 2000 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Stationmaster's Daughter 4.31 avg rating — 159 ratings — published 1905 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The River Flows On 4.41 avg rating — 153 ratings — published 1999 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When the Clyde Ran Red 4.09 avg rating — 150 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gathering Storm 4.17 avg rating — 137 ratings — published 2013 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One Sweet Moment 4.30 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 2009 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bare-Arsed Banditti: The Men of the '45 4.35 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 2009 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dancing Days (Glasgow and Clydebank Sagas) 4.26 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 2004 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bird Flies High 4.31 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 2001 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dance to the Storm (Storm over Scotland Book 2) 4.53 avg rating — 66 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Online eBook Launch for On the Wings of the Storm by Maggie Craig

The online launch for the eBook of On the Wings of the Storm, Book 4 in my Storm over Scotland series, will be on 14th February at 3pm GMT, from 7 am to 10am in Canada and the US, depending on the relevant time zone.

It will be hosted by the wonderful Dawn Geddes of Book Smart PR.

It’s free and there will be a chance to win one of three copies of the eBook. Find all the details here and reserv

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“I write when I'm inspired and I see to it that I'm inspired at 9 o'clock every morning. Peter de Vries”
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“People in north-west England had a shrewd notion that the London government scarcely even knew where Cumberland and Westmorland were, and probably cared less.”
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