Alex Quaid

Alex Quaid lives in a little corner of England where Cheshire, the High Peaks of Derbyshire and Greater Manchester meet. Alex writes from the study of an isolated farmhouse, looking out onto steep fields bounded by dry stone walls and two streams overhung by willows. The streams meet at the bottom of the hill in a pond (Alex calls it a lake, but the neighbours disagree) surrounded by trees, reeds and blackberries. From its grassy banks Alex can observe fish, geese, ducks, moorhens and a heron. It is the most beautiful and peaceful place in the world. 

This is the setting for Alex’s first novel, The Semi-Detached Women, a lyrical story of a healing friendship between two very different, and damaged, women, and how guardian angels can come in surprising shapes and sizes. 

Alex's spare time is spent as an ex officio shepherd and, right now, anxious step-parent of six (formerly seven) Canada Goose goslings.