This Bright Life

Karen Campbell is a Scottish writer of contemporary fiction. Her first four novels are police procedurals, set in Glasgow, featuring Sgt. Anna Cameron and Cath and Jamie Worth. Her fifth novel, published in 2013, breaks away from the crime series. It tells the story of Abdi, a Somali asylum-seeker newly arrived in Glasgow with his young daughter, and of recently widowed Deborah, who has been assigned as mentor to help them settle in. The novel was selected as the BBC Radio Four Book at Bedtime in April 2013.

Caroline began her career in the iconic Bill Forsythe feature film Gregory’s Girl and has continued in her own iconic way ever since. More feature films, many TV series and the occasional foray into theatre has kept Caroline on her acting toes, including a lead role in the multi award-winning radio drama Westway for eight years. Caroline has also narrated countless audiobooks and voiced many TV and radio commercials.