Aaron Mullins

Dr Aaron Mullins is an award-winning Scottish psychologist and Amazon bestselling author of Highland mysteries, ghost stories, Scottish folklore and true crime.

He grew up in Wick, Caithness, where winter nights fall early and cold. In the woods by his home, he and his friends dug up a locked box and smashed it open. It was empty. But he’s been filling it with stories ever since.

With a PhD in psychology, Aaron writes about why people do what they do, especially when frightened or cornered. Mysteries and Misadventures pairs ten Highland tales with the truth behind them. Scottish Killers: 25 True Crime Stories asks why ordinary people kill. Scottish Legends and Scottish Urban Legends gather Scotland’s monsters and ghosts. Ayrshire Stories, the anthology he compiled, reached number one in 13 countries.

A former Editor-in-Chief, he wrote How to Write Fiction: A Creative Writing Guide for Authors. In Ayrshire, beach walks with his dog do most of the plotting.