Main Genre

Contemporary fiction.

Contemporary romantic fiction

Published Works

EMOTIONAL GEOLOGY Transita (2005)
Genre: Contemporary romantic fiction.
A ground-breaking romantic novel set in the Hebrides with a middle-aged, manic depressive heroine on the run from her life.

A LIFETIME BURNING Transita  (2006)
Genre: Popular/literary fiction.
A 21stC take on WUTHERING HEIGHTS. The tragic and shocking story of twins whose obsessive love for each other recognises no bounds, persisting even beyond the grave.

STAR GAZING Piatkus (2008)
Genre: Romantic fiction.
An unusual romantic novel set partly on the Isle of Skye. The heroine is 45, widowed and congenitally blind. Much of the novel is told in the first person, from her blind
 “point of view”.

Website/Blog

www.lindagillard.co.uk

Achievements

EMOTIONAL GEOLOGY was short-listed for the 2006 Waverton Good Read Awardand was runner-up in 2007 for North-west Libraries Pure Passion promotion of romantic reads.
In 2009 STAR GAZING was short-listed for the Romantic Novel of the Year and also for the Robin Jenkins Literary Award, the UK’s first environmental book award.

Film rights have been sold for STAR GAZING and EMOTIONAL GEOLOGY.

Reviews

On Linda's Novels:
“The emotional power in these novels makes this reviewer reflect on how Charlotte and Emily Bronte might have written if they were living and writing now.”

Northwords Now (Scottish literary magazine)
 
On STAR GAZING:
 
"This was a joy to read from the first page to the last... Romantic and quirky and beautifully written."
www.LoveReading.co.uk 
 
"Linda Gillard's haunting love story is original and delightful."
The Good Book Guide
 
"Touching and perceptive." Daily Express
 
  On EMOTIONAL GEOLOGY:
 
"Complex and important issues are played out in the windswept beauty of a Hebridean island setting, with a hero who is definitely in the Mr Darcy league!"
www.ScottishReaders.net

On A LIFETIME BURNING:
 
"An absolute page-turner! I could not put this book down and read it over a weekend. It is a haunting and disturbing exploration of the meaning of love within a close-knit family.
www.LoveReading.co.uk