Flora Johnston is a writer from Edinburgh telling stories from Scotland and beyond.

She is currently  immersed in a series of four novels exploring social and political change, women’s lives and the impact of war in the first half of the twentieth century.

The series began with The Paris Peacemakers, which tells the story of three Scots and their struggle to rebuild their lives after the trauma of the First World War. It takes place against the backdrop of negotiations for the Treaty of Versailles, as international politicians attempt to rebuild the world they have shattered. This was followed by The Endeavour of Elsie Mackay, which picks up the lives of the same family ten years later in 1928, and also tells the story of pioneering Scottish aviator Elsie Mackay and her dream of becoming the first woman to fly the Atlantic.

The third novel in the series, The Berlin Passport Office, will be published in November 2026 and tells a little known but important story of daring, intrigue and integrity in Berlin in 1938.

Flora’s debut novel What You Call Free was published in March 2021, and told the story of two real women and their struggle for freedom in a harsh and divided society.

Flora spent many years researching and telling Scotland’s stories in exhibitions, books and digital media, and is delighted now to be doing this in the way she loves most, through fiction. Her love of Scottish History began when studying the subject at St Andrews University, and has included working at the National Museum of Scotland and a career in heritage interpretation. Her non-fiction publications include War Classics: the remarkable memoir of Scottish scholar Christina Keith on the Western Front (The History Press) and Faith in a Crisis (Islands Book Trust).