Sharon Blackie’s roots are in the north-east of England and in Edinburgh, though she has travelled all over the world and lived in France, Ireland and America. She is now firmly attached to a lochside croft in the north-west Highlands of Scotland, where she lives with her husband, David – until very recently an RAF Tornado pilot – a golden retriever called Frodo, a black cat called Fingal, and a growing collection of livestock (including ten Hebridean sheep, three Roman geese, and thirty rare-breed hens).

Originally trained as a neuroscientist, Sharon has worked in a variety of corporate consultancy roles, practiced as a therapist, and is now a publisher, having established Two Ravens Press in November 2006. She has a degree in psychology, a PhD in neuroscience, and more recently she completed an MA in Creative Writing (awarded with distinction) from Manchester Metropolitan University. In 2008 she was selected as a 'woman of achievement' to attend the prestigious Woman of the Year lunch in London. She is currently the recipient of a Writer's Bursary from the Scottish Arts Council, to work on her second novel.

Once upon a time in the great American south-west Sharon struggled to obtain a pilot’s licence to overcome a fear of flying. This experience became the foundation for her first novel, The Long Delirious Burning Blue.

Sharon is co-editor of Riptide: New Writing from the Highlands and Islands (Two Ravens Press, 2007) and editor of Cleave: New Writing by Women in Scotland (Two Ravens Press, June 2008). She is also translator from the French of renowned Franco-American author Raymond Federman's memoir of/ tribute to his friend, Samuel Beckett: The Sam Book (Two Ravens Press, June 2008). She has also been published in magazines, including Waterlog and Country Smallholding.

To read an interview with Sharon (taken in part from the Two Ravens Press website) click here

To see Sharon's Top Ten books on The Book Depository website, click here

Sharon is funded for workshops, readings and other work under the Scottish Book Trust's Live Literature scheme. Go to the Courses page to find out more.