Bill Kirton

Bill Kirton

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Ex university lecturer, writer of radio and stage plays, crime novels and short stories.

Material Evidence, Rough Justice, The Darkness, Shadow Selves and Unsafe Acts are all set in Cairnburgh, near Aberdeen, Scotland and feature DCI Jack Carston.
The Figurehead is set in Aberdeen in 1840. It's a crime novel and a romance.
The Sparrow Conundrum is a crime spoof set in Aberdeen and Inverness.

The Sparrow Conundrum won gold in the Forward National Literature Awards for H|umor in 2011.
The Darkness won silver in the same awards for Mystery.

Breaking Through the Spiral Ceiling: An American Woman Becomes a DNA Scientist

Breaking Through the Spiral Ceiling: An American Woman Becomes a DNA Scientist

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Laura Hoopes takes you along as she tries to enter science in the 1960's in the post-Sputnik science education frenzy, only to find doors closed to women.  She persists, makes a career of molecular gerontology and insists on making space for marriage and children in her life.  This inspiring read says, "Yes, you can," to women who have dreams of their own.

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