Maura McRobbie is a Glasgow based writer of Scottish/Irish descent. Her first novel Howth was published in 2019 and is the semi-biographical story of her grandmother Florrie who grew up in Dublin in the early twentieth century, before coming to Scotland in 1918. The novel explores the social, cultural and religious differences of the time and the barriers Florrie faced.
Maura’s second novel ‘Vikings and Skylarks on Cumbrae’ was published in August 2022. It is children’s fiction for the 9 – 12 age range and is set on the Isle of Cumbrae in Scotland in 1263, before the Battle of Largs. Moranna, a young Scots girl befriends Sten, a Danish boy living in the Viking longhouse on the island. How will the Battle of Largs decide their fate? It was Highly Commended by the Scottish Association of Writers.
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The highly anticipated Smugglers’ Midnight Escape, a novel, set off the Ayrshire coast in the 1760s, has been published. There were two Sell Out launch celebrations at Gavin’s Mill, Milngavie, and at the Garrison, Millport, Isle of Cumbrae. View this short film to gain a sense of the wonderful island of Cumbrae and the stories it inspires.
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A recent article by Maura in the Herald, describes her early passion for writing and how the author Kathleen Fidler motivated her to write about real events in Scottish history. Click this link to read article in the Herald Scotland
Maura writes a quarterly blog and is an enthusiastic embroiderer, leading an ecclesiastical group at St Andrew’s in Bearsden. She is a member of Strathkelvin Writers and a committee member of East Dunbartonshire’s Arts Council.
