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Mollie Hunter

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June 30, 1922 in Longniddry, East Lothian, The United Kingdom

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female

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Children's Books

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Maureen Mollie Hunter McIlwraith writes under the name Mollie Hunter. Mollie Hunter is one of the most popular and influential twentieth-century Scottish writers of fiction for children and young adults. Her work, which includes fantasy, historical fiction, and realism, has been widely praised and has won many awards and honors, such as the Carnegie Medal, the Phoenix Award, a Boston Globe - Horn Book Honor Award, and the Scottish Arts Council Award.

There has also been great interest in Hunter's views about writing fiction, and she has published two collections of essays and speeches on the subject. Hunter's portrait hangs in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, and her papers and manuscripts are preserved in the Scottish National Libra...more

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Books by Mollie Hunter

Average rating: 3.80 · 571 ratings · 81 reviews · 35 distinct works

	A Stranger Came Ashore 3.72 avg rating — 158 ratings — 11 editions	My rating:
	The Mermaid Summer 3.76 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 1988 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The King's Swift Rider: A Novel on Robert the Bruce 3.80 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 1998 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Kelpie's Pearls 4.04 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1964 — 6 editions	My rating:
	The Walking Stones 3.75 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1973 — 4 editions	My rating:
	A Sound Of Chariots 3.79 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1972 — 6 editions	My rating:
	The Stronghold 3.84 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1974 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Hold on to Love 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1984	My rating:
	The Smartest Man in Ireland 3.50 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1996 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Gilly Martin the Fox 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:

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