Press Kit
Bios
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Merryn Glover is a writer and wanderer based in the Cairngorms.
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Merryn Glover grew up internationally and now lives in the Cairngorms of Scotland. Whether out and about or at her desk, crossing cultures, landscapes and literary forms is her life.
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Merryn Glover is the award-winning author of fiction, drama, poetry and journalism. In a life spent crossing cultures, she was brought up in South Asia, went to University in Australia and has called Scotland home for 30 years. Her plays and short stories have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and Radio Scotland and widely anthologised. Her first novel, A House Called Askival is set in an Indian hill-station, where she went to school, and her second, Of Stone and Sky, in the Badenoch region of the Cairngorms National Park where she now lives. It won Book of the Year at the Bookmark Festival, Blairgowrie, and was long-listed for the Highland Book Prize. In 2019, Merryn was the first Writer in Residence for the Cairngorms National Park and is a regular contributor to the Guardian Country Diary. Her newest book is The Hidden Fires: A Cairngorms Journey with Nan Shepherd, short-listed for the Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature and The Great Outdoors Book of the Year.
Links
Website www.merrynglover.com
Regular column Guardian Country Diary
Facebook Page @Merryn Glover
Twitter/X @MerrynGlover
Instagram @merrynglover
Linked-In Merryn Glover
Scottish Book Trust Live Literature
Publisher Polygon Birlinn
Agent Cathryn Summerhayes of Curtis Brown
Books
2023 Non-fiction: The Hidden Fires: A Cairngorms Journey with Nan Shepherd Press Information here.
2021 Novel: Of Stone and Sky Set in Badenoch, Highlands of Scotland, where Glover lives. Press Information here.
2014 Novel: A House Called Askival Set in North India, where Glover went to school.
Endorsements:
Non-fiction: The Hidden Fires: A Cairngorms Journey with Nan Shepherd
‘Not just brave, it is remarkable.’ Sir John Lister-Kaye, FRSGS, OBE
‘This book will sit comfortably and deservedly on the same bookshelf as Shepherd’s masterpiece.’ The Scotsman
“A truly inspiring and beautiful book about the Cairngorm mountains, our natural world, and beyond.” Love Reading
Novel: Of Stone and Sky
“A rich stew of a novel, one with a Victorian complexity of plot, a family saga which is also a socio-economic survey of Highlands history over almost 300 years… A considerable achievement.” The Scotsman newspaper
“Ranks with the finest of nature writing.” Scottish Mountaineer Magazine
“I adored the writing: it’s a gorgeous, poetic story full of big themes: love, grief, ecology, politics, history and community… One of my favourite books ever.” ScotLitDaily
Novel: A House Called Askival
‘A gripping storyline.’ Church Times
‘In light of what is happening on the world stage today, A House Called Askival is a book which demands our engagement.’ Wasafiri Magazine
“What the best historical fiction should be: the individual story from the heart of great events. Excellent.” Jonathan Falla, author of The Craft of Fiction
Photos
Any of the images below can be used with appropriate credit
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- Merryn Glover by the River Spey – Credit Stewart Grant
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- Merryn Glover with robin by River Spey -Credit: Stewart Grant
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- Merryn Glover – Credit: Stewart Grant
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- Merryn Glover – Cairngorms in background from the Monadhliaths – Credit: Alistair Appleby
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- Merryn Glover Above Loch Einich – Credit: Alistair-Appleby
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- Merryn Glover on Braeriach – Credit: Alistair Appleby
Book Covers
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- The Hidden Fires
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- Of Stone and Sky
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- A House Called Askival
All covers were designed by Abigail Salvesen
Interview
I am available for interview. Contact me here.