Author Bio
Ailish Sinclair trained as a dancer and taught dance for many years, before working in schools to help children with special needs.
She now lives beside a loch with her husband and two children where she writes and dances (yes, still, when medical conditions allow) and eats rather a lot of chocolate.
Ailish writes unconventional romance and historical fiction, often set in Aberdeenshire, the area of Scotland where she lives. Her historical novels combine little-known dark events with love stories. There are witches, bears and Romans to be found in them, detailed here. Her contemporary work is much naughtier, though still dark, and can be read about here.
Author Contact Info and Social Media
Email: Ailish@ailishsinclair.com
Website: https://ailishsinclair.com
Twitter/X: @AilishSinclair
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ailishsinclairauthor/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ailishsinclair/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ailishsinclair
Images (full permission is given to use these and any images from ailishsinclair.com in media featuring Ailish’s work)
Author photo: https://ailishsinclair.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ailishsinclair.jpg
Cover image of Tendu: https://ailishsinclair.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_1110.jpg
Cover image of The Mermaid and the Bear: https://ailishsinclair.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3950.jpg
Press Releases
Tendu (A Dancer’s Journey Series)
Sisters at the Edge of the World
Articles
- New book by Fraserburgh author highlights horrific extent of witch trials in Scotland from the Press and Journal
- Dance and Despair: Writing What You Know on Women Writers, Women[‘s] Books.
- Should we really have fun at Halloween when the north-east led the great execution of witches? from the Press and Journal, featuring Ailish.
- Roman Aberdeenshire features in author’s new book from Grampian Online.
- On Women Writers, Women’s Books: Doctors and Deadlines: Writing with Chronic Illness.
- Ailish’s article Researching Historical Fiction: Immersing Oneself in the Past on Women Writers, Women[‘s] Books.
- Ailish’s piece 10 Mystical and Magical Sites in Aberdeenshire on the official tourism site for Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire.
Reviews
“Ethereal and spellbinding….” Historical Novel Society review of Sisters at the Edge of the World
“A delight from end to end…” Undiscovered Scotland on The Mermaid and the Bear
“Filled with excitement and suspense…” Fireflies and Chocolate was an Historical Novel Society Editor’s Pick
