Between 1988-91 she studied at Middlesex Polytechnic and worked, lived and staggered around London, graduating with a BA(Hons) in Studies in Contemporary Writing. After this, she returned to Edinburgh, working again in offices to gain back her reputation as the oldest office junior in Britain, until receiving a Scottish Arts Council Bursary in 1997 to allow her to write full-time.

BIOGRAPHY

Biography on the National Library of Scotland website - here
Biography on the Pulp.net website - here

INTERVIEWS

LAF and Inizjamed interview with Clare Azzopardi - here
The Danforth Review interview with Zsolti Alapi - here
Barcelona Review interview by Jill Adams - here
Disturb.com interview with Jean Paul Coillard - here
�Child of Albion Rovers� � Ideas Factory interview - here

FICTION

�I Am Gone� in the Barcelona Review - here
�The Happening� in the Barcelona Review - here
�Of Cats and Women� in the Barcelona Review - here
�Routes� in the Barcelona Review - here
�The Whirlwind� on Save Our Short Story Campaign - here
�Meat� in the Literary Review - here
�Castle Terrace Car Park� on Pulp.net (pdf) - here

REVIEWS

�Born Free� reviewed by Kevin MacNeil in The List - here
�Born Free� reviewed by Carol Birch in The Guardian - here
�Born Free� review on BookCrossing - here
�Born Free� review on Word Power website - here
�Nail and Other Stories� reviewed by J.M. Frank in Mindjack Magazine - here
�Nail and Other Stories� reviewed by Lori L. Lake on Amazon - here
�Routes� in Barcelona Review reviewed by The Cyber Rambler - here
�Strictly Casual� � Book detail on Serpent�s Tail - here
�Strictly Casual� � Interview with editor Amy Pryor - here

TRANSLATIONS

�L�Ongle� / �Les Lois de l�h�r�dit� (Editions D�sordres) - here
�L�Ongle� (Editions D�sordres) � Review on Le Matricule des Anges - here
�L�Ongle� (Editions D�sordres) � Profile on Journal L�Alsace - here
�L�Ongle� (Editions D�sordres) � Review in Le Temps - here
�Les Lois de l�h�r�dit� (Editions D�sordres) � Review on Jowebzine - here
�Como en familia� (Editorial Siruela) - here
�N�gel� (Eichborn Verlag) - here
�N�gel� (Eichborn Verlag) - Anne Kathrin Hahn�s review in Satt - here
�N�gel� / �Born Free� (Eichborn Verlag) - here
�N�gel� / �Born Free� (Eichborn Verlag) � Kirsten Eisenberg�s review in Aviva Berlin - here
�Born Free� (Eichborn Verlag) - here
�Born Free� (De Bezige Bij) - here
�Vapaana syntynyt� (sammakko) - here
�Vapaana syntynyt� (sammakko) � Review on Kiiltomato- here
�F�dt fri� (Tidern Skifter) - here
�Unghia� (Einaudi) - here
�Wrzu? na luz� (?wiat Ksi??ki) - here
�Acidi scozzesi� (Einaudi) - here

PREVIOUS EVENTS

British Council Capital Letters IV reading in Munich with Friedrich Ani - here
Lit.Cologne 2002 - here
Writing on the Wall Festival, Liverpool � Drinking Tales - here
Crossing Border Festival 2000, Amsterdam - here

MISCELLANEOUS

'Hope and Other Urban Tales' - Book detail for my new short story collection on the Canongate website - here
�Dear Laura� � Details of current project on Jenny Brown Associates website - here
�Drink and Be Merry� � Article in The Guardian, 2000 - here
The Laura Hird Short Story Blogs on Storyglossia - here
2000 Whitbread Book Award for First Novel Shortlist - here