 She has frequently been a faculty member at the Bread Loaf and Sewanee writers’ conferences, among other conferences.Livesey was raised on the grounds of what was then a Scottish private boy's school, Glenalmond College, approximately 50 miles north of Edinburgh.Her father, John Kenneth Livesey, was a teacher at the school, while her mother, Eva Barbara (McEwen) Livesey, was a nurse.