Member Since:
July 30, 2023
Fiona Curnow
Biography
Fiona was the winner of the Federation of Writers (Scotland) short story competition, 2023.
She dropped out of school aged 15, because being the consummate rebel, she hated it! After becoming a single parent she decided to return to education, graduating in 1996 with an honours degree in primary education. Ah, the irony!
As soon as she graduated she packed everything she owned into her Renault 11, including her daughter, two dogs, and a cat, and headed off to Estonia to become an international school teacher. After fifteen years of teaching, predominantly in Eastern Europe, she returned to the UK.
She now lives on the east coast of Scotland and has previously written four books under the pen name of F J Curlew. She has reverted to using her given name.
Her writing has been described as, "Human experience impacted upon by political situation, interwoven with a love of nature."
She dropped out of school aged 15, because being the consummate rebel, she hated it! After becoming a single parent she decided to return to education, graduating in 1996 with an honours degree in primary education. Ah, the irony!
As soon as she graduated she packed everything she owned into her Renault 11, including her daughter, two dogs, and a cat, and headed off to Estonia to become an international school teacher. After fifteen years of teaching, predominantly in Eastern Europe, she returned to the UK.
She now lives on the east coast of Scotland and has previously written four books under the pen name of F J Curlew. She has reverted to using her given name.
Her writing has been described as, "Human experience impacted upon by political situation, interwoven with a love of nature."
Where to find Fiona Curnow online
Books
Before the Swallows Come Back
by Fiona Curnow
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 88,630.
Language:
English.
Originally Published: July 1, 2023
by
Fiona Curnow.
Categories:
Fiction, Fiction » Coming of age, Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general
A story of love found family and redemption that will break your heart and have it soaring time and again as you sit on the edge of your seat desperately hoping. Perfect for fans of Where the Crawdads Sing and The Great Alone, with its celebration of nature, its misunderstood characters living on the outside of society's norms, their survival in the wilderness and the ultimate fight for justice.