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Sian Hayton

Sian Hayton (the name is a pen name) produced a well-received trilogy in the late 1980s and early 1990s: Cells of Knowledge (1989) which won a Saltire Award for First Book of the Year, Hidden Daughters (1992), and The Last Flight (1993), all published by Polygon and The Governors, published by now defunct publishing house, Balnain, in Invernesshire.

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