Stuart B. Campbell was born in 1957 and originates from the central-belt town of Larkhall, Lanarkshire. On leaving school, he worked as a library assistant and then was employed in a variety of other jobs (survey assistant, labourer, PA engineer and in the ‘Barras’ in Glasgow, inter alia). He has lived in Aberdeenshire since 1980, when he attended Robert Gordon’s University, graduating in Social Work; he is currently Children's Services Manager with Aberdeenshire Council. He has a longstanding interest in traditional music and song and plays a range of instruments, being a founder member of one of the Northeast’s much sought after ceilidh bands. As a mountaineer, rock climber and Nordic skier, he has climbed all over Scotland, made many trips to the Alps and has been on expedition to the Himalayas. His poetry is regularly published in literary magazines and journals and his publications include Robie Gow's Prison (1995); Things Not Seen (1999) and Navigation For Innocents (2002). He lives in the small fishing village of Portsoy on the Moray coast.