Frank Woods

Frank Woods was born in the Scottish shipyard village of Bowling where he grew up within sight, sound and smell of the River Clyde. Amongst his earliest memories is the clang of riveters’ hammers from the local shipyard where his father worked as a fitter.

At the start of the Clydebank Blitz, his mother was in bed nursing her firstborn when a string of bombs hit the village and flattened the tenements on either side. Luckily, they both escaped unhurt.

After completing a geology degree at Glasgow University, Frank worked as an exploration geologist, journalist and primary school teacher before embarking on a twenty-five-year career as a psychologist with a specialist interest in disadvantaged children and their families.

Before moving to their current home in Tayport, Scotland, he and his wife lived for thirty years in rural Aberdeenshire where he balanced out professional life by gardening, keeping bees, woodcarving, playing blues harmonica, learning tai chi and writing.

Writing has been part of his life since his teenage years. Published work includes journalism, poetry, short stories and a biography – “Dancer in the Light: the life of Gerda ‘Pytt’ Geddes” (Psi Books, 2008).

“Where the Bridge Lies” is his first novel.