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Janet Paisley

Janet Paisley was born in Essex but raised in Avonbridge in central Scotland. She was a school teacher, but has been a writer, poet, and playwright since 1979. Paisley has won several Scottish Arts Council Bursaries and Fellowships, including to write Not for Glory, a series of linked short stories set near Falkirk. She writes in both English and Scots.

Paisley has been a scriptwriter for Scottish soap operas High Road and River City. Her 2001 short film Long Haul received a Bafta nomination.

White Rose Rebel is first full-length novel.

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