Calum Macleod is a former journalist who has worked for newspapers in the Highlands and east of Scotland before moving into third sector communications work.He has also written and reviewed for Shots magazine and its successor website, Shotsmag.co.uk, Ink magazine, and Sherlock: The Crime Fiction Magazine, where he had a regular column showcasing contemporary authors. He has also been a reader for an independent publisher and the Highland Book Awards.He and his wife live in his home town of Inverness in the Scottish Highlands with two cats of varying levels of friendliness.