Alistair Liddle

AJ Liddle is a Scottish novelist, former ships’ captain and operations manager in the oil and gas industry. Alistair drew on his fifteen years of living and working in the Republic of Georgia to write three novels featuring Georgian detective, Lieutenant Ramaz Donadze. His first novel, No Harm Done was shortlisted for the 2021 Bloody Scotland Debut Prize. His other two Donadze novels are No Way Back and No Rules Apply.

Alistair is married with two grown children, a granddaughter and a grandson. His interests, when not writing, include travel, walking, cooking, supporting Heart of Midlothian FC, swimming in Scotland’s beautiful lochs, playing guitar (badly) and writing occasional songs for his old-guys band, The Grumps. Born in Edinburgh, he has travelled extensively but is now settled in Stirling, Scotland.