User:D A Nelson, author

D A (Dawn Ann) Nelson is a Scots born children's writer whose first novel, DarkIsle, is out in September 07.

Born in Glasgow in Belvedere Hospital on (St Andrew's Day) November 30, 1970, Dawn was brought up in Neilston, a village south of Glasgow. Daughter of a former Daily Record typesetter/compositor, Ian, and auxiliary nurse, Margaret, Dawn has two sisters. Dawn attended Neilston Primary School before going to Eastwood High School in the suburb of Newton Mearns. She started her full-time working life as a filing assistant with a Glasgow law firm before getting her break into journalism by being taken on as a trainee reporter with a Glasgow freesheet. She worked in journalism for seven years and left to take a short-term post as a Press Officer with a political party. She's since worked in PR for a local authority and two health boards.

Writing has always been a major part of Dawn's life and she's currently working on her second children's novel.