Crockett graduated from Edinburgh University in 1879 and continued his studies for the ministry until, in 1886, he was appointed minister of Penicuik, Midlothian in Scotland. Always interested in literature, Crockett published The Sticklit Minister in 1893 which was very successful and followed with the equally successful The Lilac Sunbonnet in 1895. After these successes, Crockett concentrated his efforts on a literary career and would go on to produce more than 40 novels. His depiction of Scottish rural life, often using exaggerated Scottish dialects, made him one of the leaders of the "Kailyard" school of writers which included J.M. Barrie. Among his many novels were The Raiders (1894), Cleg Kelly (1896), Lochinvar (1898), The Black Douglas (1899), Adventurer in Spain (1904), The White Plumes of Navarre (1906) and Men of the Mountain (1909). |
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