Name Dorothy Haynes Role Writer | Died December 1987 | |
Books Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Witch | ||
Dorothy Kate Haynes, (1918 – December 1987) was a Scottish horror/supernatural writer. She frequently wrote articles for The Scotsman, and had much of her work published in ghost and horror anthologies.
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Biography
Haynes was born in 1918 and spent her childhood with her twin brother Leonard, in Aberlour Orphanage, Banffshire. Later Haynes moved to Lanark, where she married John S. Gray (who was also a former Aberlour Orphanage resident - see: Haste Ye Back). She had 4 children - Alison, Micheal, Leonard and Ian, with the first two dying from cystic fibrosis.
Haynes worked extensively in support of Girl Guides movement and remained involved with Aberlour Orphanage until its closure. She published the autobiographical novel Haste Ye Back in 1973 in memory of her time there.
She was diagnosed with breast cancer, and died in December 1987.