author
Mary Findlater
1865–1963
A Scottish novelist and poet, she is best remembered for finely observed fiction written both on her own and with her sister Jane. Her work often brings small-town Scottish life into sharp focus, with wit, feeling, and a keen eye for the limits placed on women.
2 Audiobooks
Robinetta
by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin, Jane Helen Findlater, Mary Findlater, Allan McAulay
The Affair at the Inn
by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin, Jane Helen Findlater, Mary Findlater, Allan McAulay
About the author
Born in Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Mary Williamina Findlater was the daughter of a Free Church minister and grew up in a strict religious household. She went on to become a novelist and poet, publishing work under her own name as well as in partnership with her younger sister, Jane Findlater.
The two sisters became well known for fiction set in Scotland, and their shared novel Crossriggs is often singled out as their best-known work. Mary also published books of poetry and several novels of her own, building a reputation for clear, thoughtful writing and close attention to character.
Findlater lived a long life that stretched from the Victorian period into the 1960s, and she died in St Fillans in 1963. Today she is remembered as part of an important sisterly literary partnership and as a distinctive Scottish voice in her own right.