Moira Burgess

Background

Moira Burgess was born in 1936, in Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom.

Education

Moira received a Master of Arts degree from the University of Strathclyde.

Career

Moira began her career as a librarian, writer and editor in 1960. She left librarianship after her marriage in 1973. The next decade, during which Burgess had two children, was not very conducive to writing. However, when her husband died in 1981, she resumed her writing career.

Achievements

• Moira Burgess is a well-known editor and writer, who has edited many books, including "The Other Voice: Scottish Women's Writing Since 1808" (1987), "Going Up Ben Nevis in a Bubble Car" (2000) and others. Her own books include "The Day before Tomorrow" (1971), "The Glasgow Novel, 1870-1970" (1972), "Imagine a City: Glasgow in Fiction" (1998) and others.

Works

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  • Imagine a City: Glasgow in Fiction

    (Moira Burgess has compiled a comprehensive account of how...)

    1998
  • Land Lines: An Illustrated Journey Through the Literature and Landscape of Scotland

    (An inspiring and imaginative journey across a panoramic s...)

    2001
  • Discover Barrhead and Neilston

    (This work presents a history of the two adjacent towns in...)

    1992
  • The South Side: Three Glasgow Novellas

    (The south side isn't just a location, a neighborhood, an ...)

    2010
  • Going Up Ben Nevis in a Bubble Car

    (Edited by Moira Burgess and Janet Paisley.)

    2000
  • The Other Voice: Scottish Women's Writing Since 1808

    (Edited by Moira Burgess.)

    1987
  • The Day before Tomorrow 1971
  • The Glasgow Novel, 1870-1970 1972
  • Discover Paisley 1991
  • Discover Johnstone and Elderslie 1992
  • Reading Glasgow 1996
  • Speak, Adam 2009

Connections

Moira's husband died in 1981. Their marriage produced two children.