Barbara Henderson has lived in Scotland since 1991, somehow acquiring an MA in English Language and Literature, a husband, three children and a shaggy dog along the way. Having tried her hand at working as a puppeteer, relief librarian and receptionist, she now teaches Drama part-time at secondary school.
Writing predominantly for children, Barbara is the author of Highland Clearances novel Fir for Luck, The Crystal-Kite-shortlisted Punch, the eco-thriller Wilderness Wars, the Robert Burns smuggling novella Black Water, the medieval The Siege of Caerlaverock, the Viking adventure The Chessmen Thief and the Jacobite adventure The Reluctant Rebel. Her latest book is Rivet Boy, about a young Victorian breadwinner employed on the construction site of the iconic Forth Bridge. She has twice won the Historical Association's Young Quills Award.
Her only title for adults to date is the immigration memoir Scottish by Inclination.
Barbara lives in Inverness in the Scottish Highlands.
