Eleanor Thom lives in Edinburgh. Recurring themes in her work are place, social history, memory and family life. Her first novel, The Tin-Kin, won the Saltire First Book of the Year Award and was featured on BBC TV's The Culture Show. For the past five years, she has been the Community Writer in Residence for the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Eleanor's research on her grandmother was presented to the Bundestag in 2022 during proceedings to change Germany's citizenship laws. As a result, along with her mother and her children, Eleanor was granted dual German citizenship on grounds of restitution.

'A finely-drawn portrait of family and memory and history - tender and true.' Rachel Seiffert, author of Man Booker Prize-shortlisted The Dark Room

Eleanor Thom lives in Edinburgh. Recurring themes in her work are place, social history, memory and family life. Her first novel, The Tin-Kin, won the Saltire First Book of the Year Award and was featured on BBC TV's The Culture Show. For the past five years, she has been the Community Writer in Residence for the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Eleanor's research on her grandmother was presented to the Bundestag in 2022 during proceedings to change Germany's citizenship laws. As a result, along with her mother and her children, Eleanor was granted dual German citizenship on grounds of restitution.

'A finely-drawn portrait of family and memory and history - tender and true.' Rachel Seiffert, author of Man Booker Prize-shortlisted The Dark Room

Eleanor Thom lives in Edinburgh. Recurring themes in her work are place, social history, memory and family life. Her first novel, The Tin-Kin, won the Saltire First Book of the Year Award and was featured on BBC TV's The Culture Show. For the past five years, she has been the Community Writer in Residence for the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Eleanor's research on her grandmother was presented to the Bundestag in 2022 during proceedings to change Germany's citizenship laws. As a result, along with her mother and her children, Eleanor was granted dual German citizenship on grounds of restitution.

'A finely-drawn portrait of family and memory and history - tender and true.' Rachel Seiffert, author of Man Booker Prize-shortlisted The Dark Room