The Big Katie Morag Storybook

Mairi Hedderwick, a graduate of Edinburgh College of Art, was a teacher before becoming a children’s book illustrator. She is best known as the author and illustrator of the popular Katie Morag character, created in 1984. Katie Morag’s home on the fictional Hebridean island of Struay is inspired by Hedderwick’s lifelong connection to the Isle of Coll. In 2013, Katie Morag became a Cbeebies TV series produced by Move On Up / Struay Films. Hedderwick has also written and illustrated numerous other books for children and adults, all set against the backdrop of the Highlands and Islands. In 2003, she received an Honorary Degree from Stirling University in recognition of her contributions to writing and illustration in Scotland, especially for children. Her illustrated adult books include An Eye on the Hebrides, a record of a six-month journey through the islands of western Scotland; Highland Journey, following in the footsteps of Victorian writer and artist John T Reid; Sea Change, documenting the passage of a 26ft yacht through the Caledonian Canal; and Shetland Rambles, another illustrated personal journey with John T Reid. She also wrote The Last Laird of Coll, a memoir of Kenneth Stewart, the last laird of Coll.

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