Lari Don

I am passionate about stories. I love finding stories, researching stories, reading stories, listening to stories, making up stories, and writing stories. And I love sharing stories and my experience of stories with others. When I meet young readers in schools, libraries, shops, tents, cafes or old ruins, I’m always very clear that I’m not the only writer there. We are all writers. We all have stories inside us. All I’m doing is sharing some of my tips and techniques, and all of my excitement and passion. I’m not telling anyone else how to write. I’m from the North East of Scotland, and spent most of my childhood playing really dangerous games up trees, on railway lines, on roofs, and beside water. I must have spent some time at school and reading books, but my main memories are outdoor ones, so the books I write are set in the Scottish landscape - adventures, quests, chases and escapes. I live in Edinburgh, keeping my own kids well away from water, railway lines and roofs, and after spending time playing with words both as a political press officer and a radio producer, I’m now a fulltime children’s author and professional storyteller.