Kenneth Grahame

Kenneth Grahame (1859-1932)

Scottish Children’s Writer

Kenneth Grahame is the author of The Wind in the Willows, a great classic of children’s literature. He also wrote The Reluctant Dragon, which was much later adapted into a Disney film.

Childhood of Kenneth Grahame

Kenneth Grahame was born in Edinburgh on March 8, 1859. When he was five years old, his mother died of scarlet fever.

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Works by Kenneth Grahame

• Pagan Papers, 1893
• The Golden Age, 1895
• Dream Days, 1898
• The Wind in the Willows, 1908
• The Reluctant Dragon, 1938
• Bertie’s Escapade, 1949

John Buchan

John Buchan (1875-1940)

Scottish Novelist and Playwright

John Buchan is best known for action adventure novels, especially The Thirty-Nine Steps and Prester John. He served as the 15th Governor-General of Canada. The Thirty-Nine Steps was made into a film by Alfred Hitchcock in 1935. Since then, there have been other adaptations.

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Books by John Buchan

• Sir Quixote of the Moors, 1895
• Prester John, 1910
• The Thirty-Nine Steps, 1915
• Salute to Adventurers, 1915
• The Power House, 1916
• Greenmantle, 1916
• Mr. Standfast, 1919
• History of the Great War, 1921-1922
• The Dancing Hour, 1926
• Witch Wood, 1927, horror fiction
• Sir Walter Scott, 1932
• Pilgrim’s Way, 1940, published after he died
• Mountain Meadow, 1941, published after he died

J.M. Barrie

J.M. Barrie (1860-1937)
Scottish Children’s Writer, Novelist and Playwright

Scottish author J.M. Barrie is famous as a children’s writer, best known as the creator of Peter Pan, the much-loved fairy tale celebrating childhood, however, it was The Little Minister that brought him fame and money.

James Matthew Barrie was born on May 9, 1860 in Kirriemuir, Scotland. His family were handloom weavers. His upbringing was strict. Tragedy struck in the family when he was just a boy of six and his brother died.

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Sir Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)

Scottish Novelist and Poet

Sir Walter Scott wrote romantic poems and adventure stories of the past. The setting is often in Scotland. Famous writers whose historical novels he influenced include James Fenmore Cooper, Alexandre Dumas and Aleksandr Pushkin. He popularized his country’s history and traditions.

Sir Walter Scott, First Baronet, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on August 15, 1771, the son of a lawyer whose name was also Walter Scott, and a doctor’s daughter.

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Books by Sir Walter Scott:

• Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, 1802-1803
• The Lay of the Last Minstrel, 1805
• Marmion, 1808, Poetry
• The Lady of the Lake, 1810, Poetry
• Rokeby, 1813, Poetry
• Waverley, 1814
• Guy Mannering, 1815
• Old Mortality, 1816
• Rob Roy, 1817
• The Heart of Midlothian, 1818
• Ivanhoe, 1819
• The Monastery, 1820
• The Talisman, 1825
• Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, 1827
• Castle Dangerous, 1831