Elsie McArthur was born and brought up in Glasgow, a city she still holds dear to her heart. She now lives in the rural wilds of Speyside in the Scottish Highlands, along with her two children, a badly behaved cocker spaniel and an exceptionally lazy cat. Elsie has worked as a primary school teacher for over a decade, and after years of jotting down stories she began writing more seriously during her first period of maternity leave. Her debut novel, 'The Back Up Plan', was released in December 2019. A sequel novella - 'A Hogmanay Kiss' - followed in December 2020. In between these, Elsie also published 'Love, on the Rocks' - a tale of love, loss, and second chances set on the remote Scottish island of Inniscreag - in August 2020. Elsie is currently working on her third full-length novel, 'The Laird and I', which is due for release early next year.