Lavinia Derwent

Lavinia Derwent was the pen name of the Scottish author and broadcaster Elizabeth Dodd MBE (1909–1989). She was born in an isolated farmhouse in the Cheviot Hills some seven miles from Jedburgh and began making up stories about animals at an early age. She also wrote a version of Greyfriars Bobby. Her autobiographical books include her "Border" and "Manse" series. "Border Bairn" is set around Jedburgh, while "Lady of the Manse" has a Berwickshire setting. Derwent's "Manse" books drew on her experiences keeping house for her Church of Scotland minister brother
Broadcasting.
Derwent's first successes were her "Tammy Troot" stories, which were read out in the 1920s on Auntie Kathleen's Children's Hour on Scottish Radio. The first of the books was published in 1947. They were still being reprinted in the 1970s, when Derwent, alternating with Molly Weir and Cliff Hanley, co-presented the series "Teatime Tales" on the STV (TV network), recalling stories taken from her own childhood.
The Sula books.
Derwent books about a fictional island called "Sula" later featured in BBC's Jackanory, read by John Cairney. These were also made into a television series.
The original novels were: "Sula", "Return to Sula", "The Boy From Sula" and "Song of Sula".