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Jennifer Morag Henderson

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Local authority: Highland
Languages: English
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Jennifer Morag Henderson is a writer from Inverness. Her newest book is historical biography Daughters of the North: Jean Gordon and Mary, Queen of Scots (Sandstone, 2022).

Jennifer’s first book, Josephine Tey: A Life (Sandstone, 2015, republished 2021), is the first biography of Scottish crime writer, novelist and playwright Tey, aka Gordon Daviot or Elizabeth MacKintosh. It was listed as a Book of the Year by the Observer, Independent and Telegraph, and praised by critics in the Wall Street Journal, TLS and more.

Jennifer is an experienced lecturer, and has given talks at the British Library, the NLS, and at many book festivals including Wigtown and Bloody Scotland. She also gives talks and workshops for smaller writing/reading groups, e.g. at writing centre Moniack Mhor, in libraries and schools.

Jennifer’s articles, short stories and poems have been published widely in places such as Northwords Now, The Dalhousie Review, Poetry Scotland, The Press and Journal, by the BBC and others. As a playwright, Jennifer has worked with the NTS, Play Pieces, and Eden Court Theatre. She edited literary magazine Random Acts of Writing from 2006-2010, and has worked in several different areas of the book trade, including bookselling, libraries and publishing.

Local authorities can visit

Aberdeen City; Aberdeenshire; Angus; Argyll and Bute; Clackmannanshire; Dumfries and Galloway; Dundee; East Ayrshire; East Dunbartonshire; East Lothian; East Renfrewshire; Edinburgh City; Falkirk; Fife; Glasgow City; Highland; Inverclyde; Midlothian; Moray; Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles); North Ayrshire; North Lanarkshire; Orkney Islands; Perth and Kinross; Renfrewshire; Scottish Borders; Shetland; South Ayrshire; South Lanarkshire; Stirling; West Dunbartonshire; West Lothian

Events can deliver

Panel event; Reading; Residency; Talk; Workshop

Audience can work with

Adult learners; Young people in the community (e.g. Youth clubs, Guides, Scouts)

Topics of work

Biography & memoir; Childhood; Class & society; Coasts, seas & oceans; Crime fiction; Editing & editing your own work; Emigration & immigration; Family; Friendship; Historical fiction; History; Love & romance; Music; Mystery & thriller; Politics; Publishing & getting published; Sports; Wars & conflicts; World War 1; World War 2

Age groups published for

Teens; Adults

Age groups can work with

12-14; 15-18; 18+

Audience size

0-10; 11-30; 31-100; 100-500; 500+