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Mairi Hedderwick

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Biography
A graduate of Edinburgh College of Art, Mairi Hedderwick was a teacher before she started illustrating children’s books. As an author and illustrator her most popular character, Katie Morag, was created in 1984. Katie Morag’s home on the fictional Hebridean island of Struay is not a million miles away from her author’s own island home.
Mairi Hedderwick has also written and illustrated many other books for children and adults, all with the backdrop of the highlands and islands. She was awarded an Honorary Degree from Stirling University in 2003 in recognition of her outstanding contribution to writing and illustration in Scotland, especially for children.
Selected Books

MoragKatie Morag and the birthdays by Mairi Hedderwick
Katie Morag is desperate for it to be her birthday, but as she soon discovers, there are plenty of other birthdays to be celebrated on Struay both before and after hers.




MoragKatie Morag and the dancing class by Mairi Hedderwick
Katie Morag has better things to do on a Saturday morning than go to dancing class, but Grannie Island says ballet will be good for her coordination and Granma Mainland longs to see her in a pretty dress and her new pink pumps, instead of those dreadful wellies.


Utterly OtterleysThe utterly otterleys by Mairi Hedderwick
New characters from the creator of Katie Morag, the Utterly Otterley family live in a cosy burrow near the river where everything is just about perfect. Until Pa Utterly Otterley wakes up one morning and decides it's time to find a new home.