Our Authors

Lucy runs the History Wardrobe.

Rachel Ainsworth was a Department of World Cultures intern from September 2013 to January 2014.

Lynsey was previously a Learning Enabler with National Museums Scotland.

Lin Anderson has published eleven novels in the highly successful forensic thriller series featuring Dr Rhona MacLeod. Also a screenwriter, her film River Child won a student BAFTA and the Celtic Film Festival best fiction award. Her feature script Sometime Did Me Seek, a paranormal detective thriller set in Edinburgh, goes into production this year. Lin is co-founder of Bloody Scotland, Scotland’s International Festival of Crime Writing.

Kirsty Archer-Thompson is Collections and Interpretation Manager at The Abbotsford Trust.

Maria was previously Assistant Textile Conservator at National Museums Scotland.

Claire Arnet showed her donkeys Baxter and Jools at the Heavy Horse Show, National Museum of Rural Life, East Kilbride.

Peder Aspen is now a volunteer in the Earth Systems Section of the Natural Sciences Department; before retiring he was Curator of the Cockburn Museum of Geology at the University of Edinburgh.

Jacqui was previously Malawi Project Co-ordinator at National Museums Scotland.

Hannah Ayre is a freelance participatory artist, educator, producer and manager. She creates everything from small-scale crafts to large-scale outdoor sculpture and events. For more info visit: hannahayre.com