Mamie Ian Magnusson (née Baird; 24 October 1925 – 12 April 2012)[1] was a pioneering Scottish newspaper journalist and author.

[1] Her brother, Archie Baird, was a noted footballer for Aberdeen and Scotland in addition to being an escapee from a German prisoner-of-war camp.

Her Latin teacher mentioned the fact to a senior member of staff at The Sunday Post newspaper during a chance meeting.

[2] Baird continued to work as a freelance writer whilst bringing up the couple's children[3] and it was not unknown for her to do half the researching and writing on books commissioned from her husband.

[2] The family moved from Garrowhill to Balmore as it grew in size with a total of five offspring: Sally, Margaret, Anna, Jon and Siggy.