Christine Stone was born in Upper Coll on the Isle of Lewis, and now lives in Caithness where she is a primary school teacher. She serves on Highland Children’s Panel and is also a radio broadcaster, singer and story-teller. She has had short stories published in two recent anthologies, An Claigeann aig Damien Hirst agus Sgeulachdan Eile (Clàr, 2009) and Saorsa: Sgeulachdan Goirid (Clàr, 2011). She has also produced two non-fiction booklets, Box of Allsorts (Stornoway Gazette, 2002) and Bàthadh Mòr a’ Bhac (Capercailzie Publications, 2011).