Donna Moore

Donna Moore is the author of crime fiction and historical fiction. Her first novel, a Private Eye spoof called Go To Helena Handbasket, won the Lefty Award for most humorous crime fiction novel and her second novel, Old Dogs, was shortlisted for both the Lefty and Last Laugh Awards. Her short stories have been published in various anthologies. In her day job she works as an adult literacy tutor for marginalised and vulnerable women. She has a PhD in creative writing around women’s history and gender-based violence, and her third novel, The Unpicking, a trilogy of novellas set in Victorian and Edwardian Scotland was published in October 2023 by Fly on the Wall Press. It spans three generations of ‘hysterical women’ who experience systemic corruption and injustice. The second in the series, The Devil's Draper (also from Fly on the Wall Press), set in Glasgow in 1920,  was published on 1st May 2025. Donna is also co-host of the CrimeFest crime fiction convention and is a fan of film noir, 1970s punk rock and German Expressionist artists.