Hazel Marshall

Hazel Marshall was born in Scotland and grew up near Glasgow. She studied history at the University of Edinburgh. In 2001, after winning the Springboard Award given by the J&D Cornwell Trust, she studied for a Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Writing at Falmouth College of Arts.

Hazel’s first book TROUBLESOME ANGELS AND FLYING MACHINES, an adventure story set in the times of Marco Polo and the first of a trilogy, was published in 2004. She was awarded a Scottish Arts Council grant to help with the research of the second book, TROUBLESOME ANGELS AND THE RED ISLAND PIRATES, which came out in 2005. The final part of the trilogy, TROUBLESOME ANGELS RACE TO THE RESCUE, was published in 2006.

Hazel has also dramatised MARY POPPINS, starring Juliet Stevenson, for BBC Radio 4. The critically acclaimed production was broadcast in 2004. Hazel’s second play TANGO was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.

The third and final book in the Troublesome Angels series.

The Count and Luca Ferron have kidnapped Eva and they're taking her to Afghanistan. There, they are going to sacrifice her to a sacred mountain so that they can get their hands on the heartstone, the key to incredible power. Luckily, Eva's friend Blanco is hot on her heels and he's got Eva's guardian angels with him. But how can they be sure where the baddies are travelling to? Can they reach them in time and, if they do, will they be able to rescue Eva? This is a swash-buckling adventure story that races from Venice to Afghanistan, over sea, mountain, and desert.