Merryn Glover
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Merryn Glover

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Merryn Glover was born in a former palace in Kathmandu and grew up in Nepal, India and Pakistan. Training as an English, drama and dance teacher in Melbourne, she has worked in schools, prisons, hospitals, libraries and with a wide range of community groups in Australia, South Asia and the UK. A life-long lover of mountains she lives in the Highlands of Scotland and was the first ever Writer in Residence for the Cairngorms National Park. She writes fiction, plays, poetry and journalism and her work has won awards, been published in anthologies, magazines and newspapers and broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland and Radio 4. Her first novel, A House Called Askival, spans 70 years of India’s recent history and her second, Of Stone and Sky, is set in the upper Spey valley. She is currently writing Hidden Fires: A Cairngorms Journey with Nan Shepherd. A skilled trainer and presenter, with experience across cultures, age groups and abilities, she is always keen to meet readers, deliver workshops and perform her work, both in person and online. Contact her at www.merrynglover.com or through Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. 'An absolutely wonderful story on Radio 4 today. Atmospheric, beautiful and moving.' The late Jon Lord, of Deep Purple about Her Mother’s Songs 'I have been reading books for nearly 70 years - many very interesting - but A House Called Askival, I think is one of the best books I ever read.' Ratilal Shah, who found it in a library. 'A profoundly uplifting story' - Jane Anderson, Radio Times, about the Radio 4 play, Immaculate, available on Audible
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