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Ann Scott-Moncrieff (1914–1943), author, was a daughter of Major J. D. M. Shearer. She was born in Kirkwall, Scotland, in 1914.[1] At one time she attended the University of Edinburgh,[1] after which, in 1934, she married George Scott-Moncrieff, a Scottish novelist and topographer.[1]

Ann Scott-Moncrieff
Ann Scott-Moncrief, Scottish author
Born	Ann Shearer 1914 Kirkwall, Scotland
Died	1943
Occupation	author

She contributed to the making of 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 in book form. Later appeared a volume of short stories, The White Drake and Other Tales. Her last book, Auntie Robbo, was published in the United States in 1940.[1]

Ann Scott-Moncrieff died in 1943. She was survived by her husband and three children.[1] Her three children's books have been re-issued by Scotland Street Press.[2]

Bibliography

• Aboard the Bulger
• The White Drake and Other Tales (1936)
• Auntie Robbo (1941)

New Editions

• Auntie Robbo (2019)

• Aboard the Bulger (2020)
• Firkin and the Grey Gangsters (2021) (original title—The White Drake and Other Tales)

References

External links

• Media related to Ann Scott-Moncrieff at Wikimedia Commons
• Works by Ann Scott-Moncrieff at Project Gutenberg Australia

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