Dr Paula Baillie-Hamilton MD, PhD has over 20 years' experience of academic research and medical practice and now works as a full time writer and researcher. She is a Visiting Fellow in Occupational and Environmental Health at Stirling University, has authored several published professional papers and is a member of the British Society for Allergy and Environment Medicine. Dr Baillie-Hamilton is married to a Scottish laird and lives on the family's estate in Perthshire with their three young children.