Lee Ann Cockburn has a new book out and has kindly agreed to tell us about herself.
What can I say, born in 1968, so I am not a spring chicken, although I still act like a giant child. I am six foot one inch, very tall for a woman, I have a strong frame, so when in my uniform, I am quite a formidable lady, and receive many comments about my height and build whilst out on duty.
I swam for 11 years when I was younger, reaching Scottish National times and represented Edinburgh in the youth Olympics in Denmark when I was 15 years old and thus my broad shoulders and swimmers gait when I walk. Towards the end of my swimming career, I swam 4 hours a day and 1 hour in the gym, 6 days a week, busy me, busy parents, but I met many, many lovely people, some of which I am still in contact with today, friends forever, great times, thank you for all the good times.
I then went into a career in Rugby, playing for 25 years, 15 of those for the National side, gaining 77 full caps for my country, playing the very first international on February the 14th 1993, going on to win the first ever 5 nations championship in 1998, with a grand slam win, I have 4 British lionesses caps, all played in Bermuda, taking the field shoulder to shoulder with those competitors who you used to class as foes, but now proud to call my friends. Three nomads multi nationality caps, playing alongside some true greats, from other countries out with Britain, I played many games, attaining numerous National league and Cup wins with my clubs, Edinburgh Accies and Royal High, and finally we won the 2001 European championships. These were brilliant days, being part of a very special group of people. My international career ended in 2006, along with many other Scottish Rugby greats.
I was upset when my international playing days were over, but had this not been the case, I would never have embarked in the most remarkable achievement of my life, and that was having our two children.
Emily and I met when we joined the police in 2000, and it was then we felt the connection, but circumstance did not allow us to get together at this time. We eventually got together in 2005 and had our civil partnership in 2010, I was 6 months pregnant and Emily 3 months pregnant, and so Jamie and Harry were there at our wedding too.
I am a happy go lucky person, kind, caring, enjoy a laugh and will always stand up for what I think is right. I like fairness, respect, and good manners, there is never a reason to be rude in my books, and manners cost nothing.
Regarding my sexuality, I am glad things have moved on in Britain and people like myself and Emily and our precious children can live a life that is free from the stigmas of the past. Unfortunately though, there will always be the odd individual that feels they have the right to get in about your business in a negative way. I believe in live and let live, help one another, as there are so many other things to channel your emotions and attention into, and move away from negativity.
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Porcelain: Flesh of Innocents
Detective Sergeant Taylor Nicks is back and in charge of tracking down a sadistic vigilante, with a penchant for torturing paedophiles, in this unsettling crime thriller by a real-life police sergeant.
High-powered businessmen are turning up tortured around the city of Edinburgh with one specific thing in common — a sinister double life involving pedophilia. Leaving his ‘victims’ in a disturbing state, the individual responsible calls the police and lays bare the evidence of their targets’ twisted misdemeanours to discover, along with a special memento of their own troubled past — a chilling calling card. Once again heading the investigation team is Detective Sergeant Taylor Nicks, along with her partner Detective Constable Marcus Black, who are tasked not only with tracking the perpetrator down but also dealing with the unusual scenario of having to arrest the victims for their own barbarous crimes. But with the wounded piling up the predator’s thirst for revenge intensifies and soon Nicks discovers that she is no longer chasing down a sinister attacker but a deadly serial killer.
Vivid, dark and deeply unsettling Porcelain: Flesh of Innocents is the perfect next read for serious crime and police thriller fans.
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Everything Is Better With Dragons 