Wendy H. Jones grew up in the beautiful Scottish City of Dundee. In a home full of books and with family who read extensively she developed a passion for reading early in life. Having read all the books in the local library by the age of ten, she entered into a spirited discussion with a librarian as to why she should be provided with an adult library card. Showing steely will, and determination, she won her battle and moved on to reading adult crime novels.

True to her adventurous side she joined the Royal Navy to undertake nurse training after leaving School. After six years in the Navy she joined the Army where she served for a further 17 years. This took her all over the world and fuelled her love for travel and visiting exotic lands. Postings to Hong Kong and Israel allowed her to travel extensively in the Far and Middle East.

Wendy is a committed Christian and is a member of City Church Dundee, part of the New Frontiers Organisation of Churches. She enjoys spending time with her family, especially her nieces, both of whom are excited at their aunt being a published author. She still loves to travel and explore exotic locations, as well as spending time exploring the UK.

As well as nursing Wendy also worked for many years in Academia. This led to publication in academic textbooks and journals which was the start of her writing journey.
She has now returned to Dundee where she turned to writing novels, with four series

DI Shona McKenzie Mysteries – police procedurals where the story is told from both the point of view of the police and the killer. There are currently six books in this series with the first being Killer’s Countdown. Killer’s Curse, the seventh book in the series will be released Novemebr 2020.

Cass Claymore Investigates – a humorous crime series. A red headed motorbike riding, ex-ballerina inherits a private detective agency and accidentally hires an ex-con dwarf and an octogenarian. The first book is Antiques and Alibis.

Fergus and Flora Mysteries – a Young Adult Mystery series. The first book is The Dagger’s Curse.

Bertie the Buffalo – a children’s picture book based on the true story of a young buffalo that ran away in Fife, Scotland.

Wendy is the President of the Scottish Association of Writers and runs two writing groups in Soctland, City Writers (Dundee) and History Writers (Online). She is also a renowned International Public Speaker and available for speaking engagements and to run workshops . She can be contacted via the contact us button on this website.

She is the host of the Writing and Markleting Show Podcast and is a writing and marketing coach. Her first online course, Get Started in Marketing Your Book will be released in October 2020.