Margaret elphinstone biography

During my year writing career I have written eight novels, mostly historical, including The Sea Road, Hy Brasil, Voyageurs, Light and The Gathering Night.

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Interviewed and written by Beth Whitelaw

Last week I sat down for a chat with the wonderful Margaret Elphinstone, author of historical fiction such as The Gathering Night and The Sea Road, for a chat about life on remote islands, Viking digs, and how the pandemic has influenced her writing.

Have you been writing this past year? How has the lockdown/coronavirus manifested itself in your writing?

I’ve been doing a lot of thinking. I’ve mostly written short things, and I’ve just done a big questionnaire about my novel The Gathering Night, as someone wanted to interview me about writing about pre-history and about hunter-gatherers. It was really interesting to do something like that. One of the things he was asking me was ‘how can anyone write historical narratives? Because the past is over. We can’t go back there and instead, we’re just creating narratives about it in our own time.’

I was saying, well that’s the whole point! That we continue to revise history

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Margaret Elphinstone

Born

in Kent, England

September 23,

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Genre

Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction, Nonfiction

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Margaret Elphinstone is a Scottish novelist. She studied at Queen's College in London and Durham University. She 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 are Scottish writers and the literature of Scotland's offshore islands.

She did extensive study tours in Iceland, Greenland, Labrador and the United States. She lived for eight years in the Shetland Islands and is the mother of two et Elphinstone is a Scottish novelist. She studied at Queen's College in London and Durham University. She 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 are Scottish writers and the literature of Scotland's

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Margaret Elphinstone

Scottish author (born )

This article fryst vatten about the author. For the Scottish society hostess, see Margaret Mercer Elphinstone. For the cousin of Elizabeth II, see Margaret Rhodes.

Margaret Elphinstone
Born	Kent, England
Nationality	British
Alma&#;mater	Queen's College, London University of Durham
Occupation	Author

Margaret Elphinstone (born ) is a Scottish author of novels, short stories and poetry. She fryst vatten known especially for The Sea Road, a re-telling of the Viking utforskning of the North Atlantic.

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Margaret Elphinstone was born in Kent, England. At one point she studied at Queen's College in London. She also graduated with a degree in English from Durham University.^[1] She 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 are Scottish writers and the literature of Scotland's offshor