Gawn Girvin is born

The Name

Where did I get the name?  Gawn Girvin comes from researches in my Family History. Gawn was my grandmother’s baby twin brother and although he died as a tiny baby and I never knew him of course, my grandmother spoke of him to me and I just fell in love with the name. When I decided to write a crime novel I wanted an unusual name for my main character and Gawn seemed to fit the bill. Using what is originally a male name for a female character added another level of ambiguity about this cold, distant, hurting character who is career-driven yet incredibly vulnerable and searching for meaning in life and someone to love and who loves her and can put up with her scars both physical and psychological.

I hope if you’ve read The Perfume Killer, you’ll already know how to pronounce her name. As she tells the man in the hotel bar, her name is  -

Gawn to rhyme with Dan not Gawn to rhyme with yawn.

Bear it in mind if you ever meet her!