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J M BARRIE

Sir James Matthew Barrie was a Scottish novelist and playwright. He was born in 1860 at Kirriemuir, Angus and died in 1937. He studied at Edinburgh University, graduating as M.A. in 1882. After entering journalism in 1883, first at Nottingham and then at London, he became renowned for his books and plays including the 1904 children's play 'Peter Pan'. His first book, Better Dead published in 1887 was a satire on London life, and was followed by the highly successful Auld Licht Idylls in 1888, with its sequel A Window in Thrums (that is, Kirriemuir), published in 1889. Among his novels and tales are When a Man's Single; My Lady Nicotine; The Little Minister; Sentimental Tommy; Tommy and Grizel; The Little White Bird. Successful plays are Walker, London ; The Professor's Love Story; The Little Minister (based on the novel); the Admirable Crichton; Quality Street; Little Mary. His plays on the whole have been even more successful than his other works.
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