Donna Moore is an author of crime fiction and historical fiction based in Glasgow. Her first novel, a Private Eye spoof called Go To Helena Handbasket, won the Lefty Award for most humorous crime fiction novel and her second novel, Old Dogs, was shortlisted for both the Lefty and Last Laugh Awards. 'The Unpicking' was published with Fly on the Wall Press in 2023. Her short stories have been published in various anthologies. In her day job she works as an adult literacy tutor for marginalised and vulnerable women at Glasgow Women's Library, facilitates creative writing workshops and has a PhD in creative writing around women's history and gender-based violence.