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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Margaret Elphinstone''' (born 1948, Kent, England) is a Scottish novelist.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
She studied at Queen's College in London and at Durham University and was, until recently, Professor of Writing in the Department of English Studies at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, now retired. Her academic research areas were Scottish writers and the literature of Scotland's offshore islands. Before becoming professor in Glasgow in 2003, she worked at a variety of jobs in different locations. Some of her experiences were later used in her books:<br />
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* ''Islanders'' is based on her participation in archaeological excavations on the Shetland island of Papa Stour.<br />
* Two garden books, ''The Holistic Gardener'' and ''Organic Gardening'' emerged after her work as a gardener in Galloway.<br />
* ''Voyageurs'' arose after a one-year stay at Central Michigan University and canoeing adventures on the Ottawa River.<br />
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She has done extensive study tours around Iceland, Greenland, Labrador and the United States and lived for eight years in the Shetland Islands. She also is the mother of two children.<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
* 1985 "Spinning the Green", short story<br />
* 1987 ''[[The Incomer]]'' (aka ''The Incomer or Clachanpluck''), novel. ISBN 0704340704<br />
* 1987 ''The Holistic Gardener'' (With J. Langley)<br />
* 1989 ''A Sparrow's Flight'', novel. ISBN 0748660259<br />
* 1990 ''Organic Gardening''<br />
* 1990 ''Outside Eden''<br />
* 1991 ''An Apple from a tree'', short stories. ISBN 0704342812<br />
* 1994 ''Islanders'', novel. ISBN 0748661786<br />
* 2000 ''The Sea Road'', novel, based on the life of Guðríðr Þorbjarnardóttir<br />
* 2002 ''Hy Brasil'', novel, based on the mythical island of Brasil.<br />
* 2003 ''Voyageurs'', novel. <br />
* 2006 ''Light'', novel. ISBN 978-1-84195-805-7<br />
* 2009 ''The Gathering Night'', novel. ISBN 9781847672889<br />
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==Prizes==<br />
* 1990 Scottish Arts Council Writer's Bursary<br />
* 1991 Scottish Arts Council Travel Award <br />
for ''The Sea Road''<br />
* 1993 Scottish Arts Council Writer's Bursary<br />
* 1994 Scottish Arts Council Travel Award<br />
* 2001 Scottish Arts Council Spring Book Award <br />
for ''Hy Brasil''<br />
* 1997 Scottish Arts Council Writer's Bursary <br />
for ''Voyageurs''<br />
* 2000 Scottish Arts Council Writer's Bursary<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.margaretelphinstone.co.uk/ Website of Margaret Elphinstone]<br />
* [http://www.booksfromscotland.com/Authors/Margaret-Elphinstone Margaret Elphinstone in booksfromscotland.com]<br />
* [http://www.scottisharts.org.uk/1/latestnews/1001913.aspx Scottish Arts Council]<br />
* [http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth02C19O563412626950 Margaret Elphinstone in Contemporary Writers in the UK]<br />
* [http://www.feministische-sf.de/einzelne_autorinnen/fsf_margaret-elphinstone.html Science fiction] (in German)<br />
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