Diana Jackson
Fun facts
I was a member of the Monkees fan club! In fact, I
made Roger my husband, who makes music with friends in a little band, play 'I'm
a Believer.'
I'm scared of heights, especially if I'm tired. No
bungee jumping for me.
I still read Winnie the Pooh from time to time.
I used to ring church bells ~ a campanologist. I don't
think they have bell towers like that in Scotland. It must be a very English
thing, like Morris Dancing ~ which I've never done. (although I think there are
a few places in America and Australia too).
I once booked a single flight for myself to fly to
Bolivia and then a return ticket three weeks later from Ecuador.
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Missing: Past and Present
Following the mysterious disappearance of her husband, Dorothy Gibbons, affectionately known
as Lady Pink Hat, trudged the lanes around Drumford, homeless and
directionless. Alone, she rolled a dice, reflecting on her life, times both
painful and pleasant. She stumbled upon The Grange, which changed the course of
her life. In her isolation and surrounded by old books Dorothy began to write
...
An 18th Century aspirant nun, Millie, ran
away from The Grange ...
Jamal Hussain, a
Syrian refugee and asylum seeker, was fostered under the careful wing of
Dorothy until leaving school and finding work. He and his brother settled in a
nearby flat until the misguided Ahmed Hussain also disappeared.
With three missing
people, who will discover the truth? Is it Millie who is still haunting The
Grange until her story is told?
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About the Author
After six years in
the wilderness, (wandering the Fife Coastal Path and finding her way back to
writing, to be precise!) author Diana Jackson is about to launch the second
novel in her Mystery Inspired by History series.
A retired teacher of sixty-one years, Diana Jackson has published five works
since 2009. Her first, historical romantic fiction, Riduna, set in the Victorian era, was published by Pegasus Elliot
Mc Kenzie in 2009 but was re-launched by Eventispress in 2012 - a writer’s
indie collaborative publisher, through which all her other works have been
published:
2012 Ancasta, Guide me Swiftly Home ~
Riduna’s sequel
2013 The Life and Demise of Norman Campbell ~
a memoir
2014 Murder Now and Then ~ a mystery set in
two time zones, 1919 and 2019
2017 The Healing Paths of Fife ~ a personal
fantasy memoir
After moving to
Fife from Bedfordshire in 2014, Diana has had a break from her life as an author
to settle into her new life within the Kinghorn Community. The Healing Paths of Fife tells of that journey. Rejuvenated, she
finally turned to finish MISSING, Past
and Present.
Diana writes,
‘This novel is special to me because it is influenced, in part, by my
experience volunteering in a soup kitchen in Bedfordshire and also at a local
food-bank here in Fife. My experience as a course team leader and personal
tutor at a College of Further Education in the heart of Luton and a teacher of
English as a Second Language is also reflected, where I gained valuable
insights into social issues and difficulties some young people of today face.’
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