Background
Rae was born in Knightswood in 1935, the son of a riveter.
Rae was born in Knightswood in 1935, the son of a riveter.
He wrote fiction using several pseudonyms, including Jessica Stirling, and Robert Crawford. He lectured in creative writing at Glasgow University adult education classes. Rae and Coghlan wrote seven together.
Rae"s real identity first became widely known in 1999, after 25 years of writing, when The Wind from the Hills was shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists" Association Romantic Novel of the Year prize.