Ann Scott-Moncrieff

Ann Scott-Moncrieff (1914–1943) was a Scottish author. She was born in Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland, the daughter of Major J. D. M. Shearer. At the age of seventeen, she served her apprenticeship in journalism at The Orcadian. She studied archaeology at the University of Edinburgh where she met the Scottish novelist and topographer George Scott-Moncrieff. The couple married in 1934. Her three children's books have been re-issued by Scotland Street Press. Four of her short stories, "The Longest Day", "Strong Girl", "Threesome" and "Nothatus", were republished in Chapman magazine in 1987.