There has also been great interest in Hunter's views about writing fiction, and she has published two collections of essays and speeches on the subject. Her work, which includes fantasy, historical fiction, and realism, has been widely praised and has won many awards and honors, such as the Carnegie Medal, the Phoenix Award, a Boston Globe - Horn Book Honor Award, and the Scottish Arts Council Award.

Mollie Hunter is one of the most popular and influential twentieth-century Scottish writers of fiction for children and young adults. Maureen Mollie Hunter McIlwraith writes under the name Mollie Hunter. Notable Children's Books of 1971-1975 (ALA) 1976 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor Book for Fiction Best Books of 1975 (SLJ) Outstanding Children's Books of 1975 (NYT) Children's Books of 1975 (Library of Congress) Kirkus Choice 1975 Phoenix Award winning author Mollie Hunter has written another suspense story finely laced with folklore her storytelling is as spontaneous as it is irresistible.-H. Only 12-year-old Robbie knows that the mysterious Finn Learson is the evil Great Selkie, the seal-man of Shetland Islands legend.

And Robbie knows it's up to him to save his sister. Then, in one frightening moment, Robbie recalls his grandfather's warning and discovers at last the terrible, incredible truth about Finn Learson. Robbie is sure that he is hiding something-but what? The clues Robbie finds are mysterious: Finn Learson's love of dancing an ancient gold coin that Finn gives to the family strange omens in the ashes of a fire and beautiful young Elspeth Henderson's increasingly odd behavior. Only young Robbie Henderson does not trust Finn Learson and his oddly unsettling secret smile. Finn Learson is charming and generous, and the Henderson family gladly give him shelter. The stranger is Finn Learson, a young and handsome man who seems to be the only survivor of the wreck.

A stranger came ashore by mollie hunter