Sheila Stuart
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Sheila Stuart (Gladys May Baker, 1892–1974) was a Scottish writer. She was best known for her children's books, especially among schoolgirls.[1]
Early life
[edit]Stuart's father was a Church of Scotland minister: she was born and brought up in a manse in Johnstone, Renfrewshire. She went to school in Glasgow, then entered Leng and Co of Dundee (later incorporated into D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd), where she trained as a journalist. During the First World War she served as a VAD.
Stuart began her career as a journalist, writing for Scottish Field and The People's Friend, although she also wrote books on antiques during this period.
Children's writer
[edit]Stuart is best known for her children's books about Alison and her brother Niall, based in the north-west of Scotland. The publication of every new book in the series caused great excitement "among schoolgirl borrowers", because of their tales of "courage, determination and adventure".[2]
Death
[edit]Sheila Stuart died in 1974 in Crieff, Perthshire, where she had moved on her husband's retirement.
Works
[edit]- Alison's Highland Holiday (1946)
- More Adventures of Alison (1947)
- Alison's Christmas Adventure (1948)
- Well Done Alison! (1949)
- Alison's Easter Adventure (1950)
- Alison's Poaching Adventure (1951)
- Alison's Kidnapping Adventure (1952)
- Alison's Pony Adventure (1953)
- Alison's Island Adventure (1954)
- Alison's Spy Adventure (1955)
- Alison and the Witch's Cave (1956)
- Alison's Yacht Adventure (1957)
- Alison's Riding Adventure (1958)
- Alison's Cliff Adventure (1959)
- Alison's Caravan Adventure (1960)
- The Riddle of Corran Lodge (1959)
References
[edit]- ^ Anne Commire (1977). Something About the Author: Facts and Pictures About Contemporary Authors and Illustrators of Books for Young People. Gale / Cengage Learning. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-8103-0072-9.
- ^ Philip, p. 145.
Sources
[edit]- Philip, A. The Librarian and the Bookworld, J. Clarke, pp. 43–44, 1954–1955
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