Katharine Stewart BEM (29 August 1914 in Reading, England – 27 March 2013 in Inverness) was an English author, crofter, teacher and postmistress.
Stewart is best known for her book A Croft in the Hills.
First published in 1960, it describes the life of a family in a remote croft in the 1950s.
The book has been republished and reprinted seven times.
[1] She has also written A Garden In The Hills, A School In The Hills and The Post in the Hills.