Laura Guthrie grew up in the rural Scottish Highlands ("I come from where the planes don't fly") and currently lives in Inverness.She has an honours degree in biological sciences from the University of Edinburgh, and a PhD in creative writing from the University of Glasgow.She is a member of the Dingwall-based Ross-Shore Writers, and has produced two of her own plays with her theatre company, Sunrise Theatre.  Her poetry and short fiction have been anthologised by several Scottish presses.  She is the winner of the 2016 Exeter Story Prize.  Anna is her first novel.

Heart-warming and life-affirming.Kevin MacNeil

Laura Guthrie grew up in the rural Scottish Highlands ("I come from where the planes don't fly") and currently lives in Inverness.She has an honours degree in biological sciences from the University of Edinburgh, and a PhD in creative writing from the University of Glasgow.She is a member of the Dingwall-based Ross-Shore Writers, and has produced two of her own plays with her theatre company, Sunrise Theatre.  Her poetry and short fiction have been anthologised by several Scottish presses.  She is the winner of the 2016 Exeter Story Prize.  Anna is her first novel.

Heart-warming and life-affirming.Kevin MacNeil

Laura Guthrie grew up in the rural Scottish Highlands ("I come from where the planes don't fly") and currently lives in Inverness.She has an honours degree in biological sciences from the University of Edinburgh, and a PhD in creative writing from the University of Glasgow.She is a member of the Dingwall-based Ross-Shore Writers, and has produced two of her own plays with her theatre company, Sunrise Theatre.  Her poetry and short fiction have been anthologised by several Scottish presses.  She is the winner of the 2016 Exeter Story Prize.  Anna is her first novel.

Heart-warming and life-affirming.Kevin MacNeil