Eve Houston, the author of Secrets in Prior's Ford, Drama Comes to Prior's Ford, Trouble in Prior's Ford and the soon to be published Scandal in Prior's Ford, has been revealed as the secret writing identity of author Evelyn Hood.

A former journalist, Evelyn Hood is best known for family sagas mainly set in her home town of Paisley, Renfrewshire and on the Clyde Coast, although she is also the author of Forward by Degrees, a history of the University of Paisley, and Mill Memories, a series of interviews with former workers in Paisley's once-famous thread mills. Evelyn has also published six one-act stage plays, a Scottish pantomime, a children's musical and a number of short stories and articles. Unpublished but performed stage work includes a full length play, three pantomimes, six children's musicals, and a large number of monologues and sketches.