About Us
About the Author
Linda Strachan is the best-selling and award winning author of popular children’s books, that are enjoyed around the world and across all ages, including the Hamish McHaggis series and The Dangerous Lives of the Jacobites (Kelpies).
She has also written over 70 books including Young Adult crime novels and the Writers and Artists Guide to Writing for Children and YA– a handbook for new and aspiring writers.
Linda is a Patron of reading and former Chair of the Society of Authors in Scotland. She has travelled across the UK and around the world talking about her books including a wonderful tour of schools in North Island, New Zealand with the New Zealand Book Council. She loves giving talks and hosting workshops on writing for children and adults.
About the Illustrator
A lovely and wonderfully talented artist and illustrator, Sally J. Collins illustrated the entire Hamish McHaggis series but that was only part of her artistic legacy. She loved working across a variety of artistic endeavours, including painting and exhibiting her work. She was also a talented dressmaker.
A consummate professional with an incredible eye for detail, her illustrations for the Hamish McHaggis books were largely created using coloured pencil, and aquarelle pencils. Her images were the result of painstaking research of the venues featured in the books, also paying great attention to the natural world – the seasons, and flora and fauna included in her drawings and paintings. She was kind and thoughtful, and loved working with children at events, encouraging them to draw Hamish with her. Sally was a delight to work with and had a great sense of fun. She was always delighted to hear from Hamish McHaggis fans.