Barbara Scott Emmett has been writing for a number of years. Her first novel The Man With The Horn was published in 2001 by Bastard Books.
Her recently completed novel The Land Beyond Goodbye, set in Australia, is now being read by agents. She is currently working on Don't Look Down, a crime/adventure novel set in Nuremberg, Germany.
A short story, Not Raving But Drowning, won first prize in Writers' Forum in August 2003 and another, Our Little Secret, won second prize in the same magazine in September 2003.
Barbara has also had numerous erotic short stories published under the name of Barbie Scott - two in Black Lace Anthologies (Wicked Words 5 & 7) and several in other erotic magazines such as For Women and Scarlet Magazine.
Other pieces have appeared in Readers' Digest, Take a Break, Spare Rib, Here's Health and various Edinburgh magazines. Two plays, Death Without Tears and Appointment at Sunset have been performed on the Edinburgh Fringe.
Her book of quirky poetry The Monster Love Pomes has now completely sold out and may go to a second edition shortly.