Colin studied Drama at the University of Northumbria, and also has a Post Grad Diploma in Community Education. He was a founder and Artistic Director of WAC Theatre in Aberdeen.
His novels and play scripts are available via Smashwords (also a few on Amazon), and his short stories have appeared in several literary magazines. He currently live in a humble cottage in North East Scotland where he write novels, plays, stories, poems and the occasional song.
London, 1630. A boy searching for his father. A villain stealing books.
Forced to work for the dubious Savidge, eleven-year-old Tom Fennel is desperate to find his missing father. Distrustful of what he's heard, he's sure Savidge is involved...
Edinburgh, 1897. Blood on the table, murder in the hall.
Eleven-year-old Christie McKinnon is not happy - the editor of ‘McMurdo’s Weekly’ has once again turned down her story. But this time, Christie determines not to give up - taking a chance...
Mid-range, 9-12 yrs:
In a former mining town, following the excitement of the moon landings, a group of criminals plan to kidnap the son of a Government rocket engineer - but they don’t expect a gang of kids to get in the way...
Stage play.
Ever been in one of those relationships? You know - the ones that don't work? Whenever Shona embarks on a new relationship, she always ends up getting dumped. So when her latest one starts to hit the rocks, she decides to find out why.
He thinks that when he walks, his own feet propel the earth: that his movements keep the world going round. Literally. Each stride supplies the momentum for another motion forward, the ground shifting backwards beneath him, away into the distance...
Stage play.
It sounds like her, has her laughter and her pain. But it isn’t her. Or is it? This is a play about Suzy, though…not really.
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(a.k.a. Colin Garrow)
Stage Play The Body In The Bag is published in Smashwords (eBook) and Amazon (Paperback).
Edinburgh, 1827. In their shabby lodging house, William Hare encourages his drinking partner William Burke to think about the future, about an easier way of making a living...
There's a new trade in the city - one that deals in children.
On a cold November morning in 1890's Edinburgh, Christie McKinnon and her pal Donal discover a young boy is missing from home. And he's not the only one - someone is stealing chi
GingerTom's
(a.k.a. Colin Garrow)
Novel Mortlake is published on Amazon - ebook and paperback. (Available 15th November 2015)
London, 1630. Felch is back, and this time he's determined to get what he wants.
But Tom and his friends have other things on their minds - when one of Deacon's maps is stolen, the ancient and mysterious library of Dr Dee seems to...
This exciting collection of stories hints at the darker side of life: a dead wife comes back from the grave, a sinister agency demands a lot from its workers, an unhappy lover yearns for a way out and a cleaner finds her employers have disappeared...
In a not quite Post-Victorian, steampunk parallel universe, Holmes and Watson continue their fight against crime.
Based on the infamous Blog of the same name, this indecorous take on the Holmes and Watson stories pitch the detecting duo into...
Holmes and Watson continue their fight against crime in a not quite Post-Victorian, steampunk parallel universe... In three new adventures, the intrepid duo team up with Richard Hannay to do battle with Moriarty in...
As most successful writers will tell you, one of the hardest things about writing is getting started. In this collection of articles, Writer, Musician, Hermit, Pie-Maker and Time-Traveller Colin Garrow explores ways of generating ideas...
When taxi driver Frank is found dead on his dining room table, ex-cabbie Terry Bell assumes his old friend died of a heart attack. But when Terry's former boss also turns up with his face bashed in, it starts to look like there's a connection...
Personal Blog Posts
How to Turn (Another) Idea into a Novel…
A little while ago, I wrote about the inspiration behind my last book ‘Death on a Dirty Afternoon’ which came out in November. With three other books currently germinating away (ie being written), I hadn’t intended embarking on another one just yet, howev... ( from https://colingarrow.org/2017/02/16/how-t...)
Ten Tweets I Hate About You...
It galls me to admit it, but I absolutely love Twitter – I love the variety and randomness of it, the occasional surprises and the nice (or otherwise) responses I get when folks like what I’m putting out there.
However, there’s a ton of things I ... ( from https://colingarrow.org/2016/07/06/10-tw...)
How to Not Write
Whether you've got a deadline to meet or not, the act of sitting down and writing every day isn't the easiest of routines to stick to. And while the reasons we come up with for not working on that novel/play/story/poem are pretty much limitless, t... ( from http://dontgiveupthedayjobyet.blogspot.c...)
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