Biography of Janet Paisley

Marriage, a teaching post, the birth of seven sons, the death of one and divorce all preceded her writing career. She is an award-winning poet, fiction writer and playwright. Plays include the 1996 Peggy Ramsay Award winning play "REFUGE", a radio 'Play for Today', "THE STORY AND SONG" series of monologue plays on the life of Robert Burns, the poem play "NAN I THE MOON", "HORSEPLAY" for BBC Radio Scotland and "DEEP RISING" for Pitlochry Festival Theatre. In '99 Janet wrote "STRAIGHTJACKETS" with the aid of a Scottish Arts Council bursary and her play "WINDING STRING" was produced at BAC by Mica Theatre. She was also commissioned to write episodes of "HIGH ROAD" for Scottish Television. In 2000, short film "LONG HAUL" was produced by Maverick TV as part of Scottish Screen's 'Newfoundland' scheme. It screened at the Edinburgh Festival, where it won a Creative Scotland Award as well as Scottish BAFTA & RTS nominations. Her play "DEEP RISING" was picked up by Saltire Films. Janet wrote multiple episodes for "RIVER CITY" and is currently writing several short pieces for BBC Radio.