About Me

Welcome to the website of . . . er . . . me, Barry Hutchison. I’m a writer from the Highlands of Scotland, currently writing books for children, but about to branch out like a big branchy thing.

A tree.  That’s what I was thinking of.  Just couldn’t find the word.  That doesn’t bode well for my career choice, does it?

Anyway, this is me here.

Over the past decade and a bit I’ve written everything from screenplays to magazine articles, but didn’t turn my hand to children’s books until late 2006, at the suggestion of another author, Tommy Donbavand. Since then I’ve written six 7-9 year old adventure novels for Egmont Press, and have just been made an offer for a six book 9-12 series of my own. I can’t say anything about that at the moment, so don’t even ask. It’s so top secret that if I told you about it I’d almost certainly be shot dead the second I clicked ‘Post’.

I am thirty years old - but on a good day could easily pass for mid-forties - and live happily in Co. Wexford, Ireland, with my long-term partner and our six year old son.

I am tall - but not like the BFG or that - and like seafood, comics and Elvis, though not necessarily in that order.