THE AUTHORS
Alan Porteous is an ageing football fan who has seen more miserable, rain-soaked nil-nil draws than possibly anyone else on the planet. When a decent goal does hit the back of the net Alan invariably is at the toilet, looking the other way, answering a text, or staring into the middle-distance contemplating whether it’s all really worth it.
A perverse sense of duty has him routing for the underdog in almost every circumstance, and while he delights in telling everyone ‘it’s all character building’, he frequently spends Saturday evenings sitting in a darkened room twitching, and eyeing up the bottle of painkillers on the nearby table.
Unlike most authors, Alan doesn’t live at home in Maine, New England with his wife and four golden retrievers, he doesn’t like long walks in the countryside and he doesn’t even own a beige, chunky-knit cardigan let alone wear one where someone might see him.
Kirsty Love has been writing creatively her whole life. Whether it's short stories , poetry, or Haiku, she has drawn on life and observed all its ups and downs - life and death, friendships, passions and interests - and successfully brought them to the page. Appearing previously in anthologies of mixed work , along with other authors, Kirsty now steps forward in her own right .
She lives happily in the West of Scotland with her husband, Keith, and having now retired from the seemingly inexorable workplace she continues to write about all she sees and interests her.
Iain Allison is an achieving professional who one day woke up and decided he wanted to write his autobiography. If poked he'll stress he just wanted to 'put his mark down'. Deep down , anyone who knows him understands that he just wanted to infuriate everyone with his boundless energy, enthusiasm , and purposeful approach to life.
Iain continues to straddle his roles as an construction industry executive and autobiographer, whilst living in Central Scotland with his wife, three children and two dogs. He also continues to fit into a day the sort of activity most normal people take a month over.
