Mhairead MacLeod
Mhairead MacLeod was born in Scotland and now lives in Australia with her family. Her first novel, 'The False Men' (ThunderPoint Publishing, U.K) was written as part of her Master of Arts (Creative Writing) degree and has won two manuscript awards.
The manuscript for 'A Hospital in the Clouds' has won and been short-listed for two screenwriting awards.
Before she became a writer Mhairead was a lawyer.
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