Background
Sutherland was born in Bressay in 1924.
Sutherland was born in Bressay in 1924.
Best known for poetry in both English and Shetland dialect, she also contributed articles and short stories to local magazines, especially The New Shetlander. Her early years were spent in Sandwick, on the Shetland mainland, her teenage years in the island of Foula. She died in Lerwick on 15 October 2015.