Welcome

Grace Monroe is the pseudonym of Linda Watson-Brown and Maria Thomson.

After graduating in Politics and English at Strathclyde University, Linda Watson-Brown completed a Masters degree in Politics, before working for ten years as a Politics lecturer in Scottish universities.  She then began a journalistic career as a thrice-weely columnist at The Scotsman.  She went on to write on a regular basis for the Daily Mail, Big Issue, Daily Record, Sunday Herald and Independent amongst many others, and also developed a career as a ghost-writer. Her first ghost-written book, The Step Child, was published in 2006 and quickly became a Sunday Times best-seller, a success which was repeated with the 2007 paperback edition.  Amongst other things, she was the ghostwriter behind Unbreakable, the story of snooker star Paul Hunter's battle with cancer and the memories of his widow, Lindsey.  This book was also a bestseller in 2007, and will be released in paperback in Autumn 2008.   Linda is now working on a screenplay of The Step Child and a sequel, What Daddy Did, the latter scheduled for hardback release in August 2008.  This year will also see the release of more ghosted projects, including Jeff Randall's Love Hurts, described as 'the real Trainspotting.'  As well as continuing with ghost-writing, Linda is also working on a crime fiction project under her own name, as well as writing her memoir. She and her family live in the North-East of Scotland.

If you'd like to contact Linda directly about a ghost writing idea, please feel free to do so on: l.wb@stampless.co.uk

Maria Thomson was born in Edinburgh in 1960, and graduated in law. A year after qualifying, Maria was made a partner in an Edinburgh law firm, and met her husband-to-be.  They now have four children and live in Kingussie, in the Scottish Highlands.  Maria stopped practising law some years ago after a bitter battle with the Law Society which saw both her and Gordon struck off, and since then has worked in many fields.  A completely new start in the Scottish Highlands a few years ago has afforded Maria the chance to start writing.

In 2003, Linda and Maria met and later realised that they should put their talents and experiences together and write as a team. Dark Angels is the first novel in a planned 4 book series featuring Brodie McLennan.