| 词条 | Sheila Stuart |
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Sheila Stuart (Gladys May Baker) (1892–1974) was a Scottish author, best known for her children's books. Early lifeStuart'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 writerStuart 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".[1] DeathSheila Stuart died in 1974 in Crieff, Perthshire, where she had moved on her husband's retirement. Bibliography
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