Summary
Ann Scott-Moncrieff (née Shearer) (1914–1943) was an author who was the daughter of Major J. D. M. Shearer. She was born in Kirkwall, Scotland, in 1914.[1] She attended the University of Edinburgh[1] and married George Scott-Moncrieff in 1934, a Scottish novelist and topographer.[1]
Ann Scott-Moncrieff | |
|---|---|
 Ann Scott-Moncrief, Scottish author | |
| Born | Ann Shearer 1914 |
| Died | 1943 |
| Occupation | author |
She contributed to BBC programmes, and her first published literary work was a children's story, Aboard the Bulger, which appeared as a serial in "The Bulletin" before its publication as a book. A volume of short stories, The White Drake and Other Tales, were created. Her last book, Auntie Robbo, was published in the United States in 1940.[1]
Scott-Moncrieff died in 1943;[1] she was memorialized in a poem by Edwin Muir.[2] Her three children's books have been re-issued by Scotland Street Press.[3]
Bibliography edit
- Aboard the Bulger
- The White Drake and Other Tales (1936)
- Auntie Robbo (1941)
New editions edit
- Auntie Robbo (2019)
- Aboard the Bulger (2020)
- Firkin and the Grey Gangsters (2021) (original title—The White Drake and Other Tales)
References edit
- ^ a b c d e "The Glasgow Herald, 10 March 1943, page 6. - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ Summers, Joseph H. (1961). "The Achievement of Edwin Muir". The Massachusetts Review. 2 (2): 240–260 – via JSTOR.
- ^ Ritchie, Maggie. "Once upon a second time as Scotland's Enid Blyton returns to print after her books were lost in the Blitz". The Sunday Post. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
External links edit
- Works by Ann Scott-Moncrieff at Project Gutenberg Australia