Facts and Fictions

Wigtown is a real place in Scotland and the streets in this book are real streets. There is a cemetery and a harbour and a bowling green. There is even a big house where Jamaica House is imagined to be. And there are lots of bookshops and a wonderful literature festival every autumn (www.wigtownbookfestival.com). But none of the specific businesses or other houses in Quiet Neighbors are based in reality and none of the characters are related in any way to real individuals, living or dead. Todd Jolly’s cottage isn’t there, in case anyone goes looking.