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Sue Peebles was born in Arbroath in 1955. She spent some of her childhood in Detroit before returning to Scotland, where she now lives. Since graduating in Psychology she has worked as a researcher, social worker and university teacher. Her first novel, The Death of Lomond Friel, won the Scottish First Book Award and the Saltire First Book Award, and was shortlisted for Scottish Book of the Year. Her second novel, Snake Road, has been shortlisted for the Encore Award 2014.

Books by Sue Peebles

Snake Road

The new novel from the author of The Death of Lomond Friel - winner of the Saltire First Book Award and the Scottish First Book Award

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The Death of Lomond Friel

A stunning debut novel about a family in crisis, written with extraordinary compassion, humour and grace. A young woman's life is thrown into disarray when her father has a stroke.

WINNER OF THE SALTIRE FIRST BOOK AWARD

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