Beginner’s Pluck: 'I always knew I wanted to be a writer'

Penelope Slocombe's 'Sunbirds' is immersive, atmospheric, and beautifully written

Penelope Slocombe spent her childhood between the Findhorn Foundation — a new age community in the Northeast of Scotland, and an outpost on the tiny island of Erraid.

Penelope spent her childhood between the Findhorn Foundation — a new age community in the Northeast of Scotland, and an outpost on the tiny island of Erraid.

“I always knew I wanted to be a writer,” she says. “Dad wrote plays for local community groups and ghost-wrote a biography on the founder of Findhorn.