Lindsey Fraser

Lindsey Fraser co-founded the successful literary Fraser Ross Associates, following careers in bookselling and readership development. It was late in the 90s while she was Executive Director of Scottish Book Trust that she was introduced to new Edinburgh-based author J K Rowling. She wrote the firt review of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone which appeared in The Scotsman. Lindsey has been a children's book reviewer for a number of national newspapers and judged several book awards including The Smarties Prize, The Guardian's Children's Book Award and the Whitbread Award. She has edited three anthologies of short stories for young people.