About the author

Tormod is author of the Mysterious Scotland and Shadow Castles series. His books are Mystery Thrillers, seasoned with hard science and a touch of the supernatural. The Mys.Scot series is nine books, each built around a pervasive Scottish myth. Shadow Castles is an alternative history of Scotland with an historical strand running through all nine books.

Scotland is more than a setting for his books, it’s the main character too. Writing intimately about his homeland, his writing is praised for its authenticity. ‘You don’t just see Scotland in your head’, said one reviewer. ‘You can taste and smell it too.’

He’s lived in the East Neuk of Fife for as long as he can remember, and together with his wife, forages across Scotland for inspiring places and the legends they hold. His journey to writing was long and convoluted. He studied Economics in Glasgow and then worked in magazines, media and marketing. These days, when he’s not writing, he can be found pottering around Anstruther Harbour; mending lobster creels and baiting grumpy fishermen to tell him their stories.

So many tales about Scotland hint at the supernatural and the unexplained. Tormod reflects this in his work, incorporating a little light fantasy to season his novels. A one-time resident of Glasgow, his stories visit that old city from time to time, though most of his books are rooted in the isles and glens.

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