Francine Toon
Francine Toon is a Scottish writer who grew up in Sutherland and Fife, Scotland, before relocating to London, where she works in publishing.
Alongside her fiction, she writes poetry under the name Francine Elena, which has appeared in prestigious publications including The Sunday Times and Poetry London, as well as the Best British Poetry anthologies of 2013 and 2015.
Her debut novel, Pine, was longlisted for the Deborah Rogers Foundation Writers Award, establishing her as a distinctive new voice in literary fiction with a talent for atmospheric, folklore-infused storytelling rooted in her Scottish upbringing.
