Robin Scott-Elliot has been a sports journalist for 25 years with the BBC, ITV, the Sunday Times, the Independent and the ‘i’, covering every sport you can think of and a few you probably can’t.
He threw that all away to move home to Scotland and chase his dream of writing books instead of football reports. Once there his daughters persuaded him to write a story for them and slowly the Tzar’s Curious Runaways was born. He lives on the west coast with his wife, Karen, and two children, Iona and Torrin. In between writing stories, he enjoys outdoor swimming – this summer’s aim is to swim the Sound of Mull.
Robin spent childhood holidays on Mull, an island where there’s a story around every corner. The mixture of the magical and mystical, folklore, history and local tall tales that drift down the generations captivated him from an early age.
Robin’s Books
Finding Treasure Island
When Robert Louis Stevenson sketches a map to amuse his stepson Sam, it sets them off on the adventure of a lifetime.
Hide and Seek
Paris, 1942. When Amelie Dreyfus hides in her mother’s wardrobe it’s a game; when she comes out it’s a matter of life or death.
The Tzar’s Curious Runaways
St Petersburg, 1725. Katinka, a dazzling ballerina born with a hunched back, and her friends Alexei the Giant and Nikolai the Dwarf, must flee the Tzar’s Winter Palace.
The Acrobats of Agra
India, 1857. Beatrice Spelling is walking a tightrope. Caught in the chaos of the Indian Rebellion, one false step and it’s the end for her, Pingali and Jacques the acrobat.
Time Tunnellers 