Neil Munro (writer)

Neil Munro (3 June 1863 – 22 December 1930)[1][2] was a Scottish journalist, newspaper editor, author and literary critic.

For five years he worked in the office of the Sheriff Clerk of Argyll, a fairly prestigious post that has led to speculation that he may have had undisclosed family connections.

Initially he had some success writing historical novels, most of them set in the Highlands and exploring the coming of change in the comparatively recent past.

Later he attempted to expand his range, with more mixed success, writing novels with contemporary settings, including The Daft Days.

He then concentrated on journalism again, but his work was affected by his poor health and the death of his son Hugh in the First World War.

After his death his serious novels faded from view, with the partial exception of The New Road, and he came to be remembered primarily as the creator of Para Handy.