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Helen McClelland

Born

in Edinburgh, Scotland, The United Kingdom

February 06, 1921

Died

November 12, 2008

Genre

Children's Books, Biographies & Memoirs

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Real name: Helen Margaret Moncrieff; famed cellist who became children's author in her 60s as Helen McClelland.

Born into Scottish 'legal' aristocracy. Both parents encouraged her musical promise from an early age and after years at the private music school run by Ruth Waddell in Edinburgh, they insisted she take a music degree at the University of Edinburgh (which she considered a waste of time) and then study the cello with Pierre Fournier in Paris, where she lived for most of two years.

The experience in Paris was to influence not just her musical development but also her attitudes to life. She returned with fluent French and a lifelong attachment to foods then considered extraordinary in the British kitchen.

In 1957 she married Alexander ...more

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Helen McClelland’s books

Average rating: 3.79 · 348 ratings · 36 reviews · 8 distinct works • Similar authors

	Visitors for the Chalet School by Helen McClelland (Pseudonym), Margaret Moncrieff 3.86 avg rating — 169 ratings — published 1995 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Behind the Chalet School: A Biography of Elinor M.Brent-Dyer 3.75 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 1996 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Elinor M Brent-Dyer's Chalet School by Helen McClelland (Pseudonym), Elinor M. Brent-Dyer (Contributor), Margaret Moncrieff 4.26 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1989	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Chalet School Companion 3.44 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 1994 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Chalet School Revisited by Rosemary Auchmuty (Editor), Ju Gosling (Editor), Sheila Ray 3.44 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1994 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Joey and Patricia: A Reunion in Guernsey by Helen McClelland (Pseudonym), Margaret Moncrieff, Anne Thompson (Illustrator) 3.44 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2000	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Summer's Ending by Helen McClelland (Pseudonym), Margaret Moncrieff really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Worlds Apart: Memoirs of Margaret Moncrieff Kelly by Margaret Moncrieff. Kelly, Helen McClelland liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2003	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars