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Mairi Hedderwick andCherry Campbell Mairi Hedderwick say... in her books is based on her childhood dreams of island life
Mairi Hedderwick did not grow up on a Scottish island, s ...

BBC News - Mairi Hedderwick: I am Katie Morag
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Mairi Hedderwick andCherry Campbell Mairi Hedderwick says the Katie Morag in her books is based on her childhood dreams of island life

Mairi Hedderwick did not grow up on a Scottish island, she does not have red hair and her family was very different to the one depicted in the Katie Morag books. But the 74-year-old writer and illustrator says the ever-popular Katie Morag stories are based on her.

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<div class="caption full-width"><img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/73441000/jpg/_73441409_mairi_hedderwick_and_katie.jpg" alt="Mairi Hedderwick andCherry Campbell" height="351" width="624"> <span style="width:624px;">Mairi Hedderwick says the Katie Morag in her books is based on her childhood dreams of island life</span> </div> <p class="introduction">Mairi Hedderwick did not grow up on a Scottish island, she does not have red hair and her family was very different to the one depicted in the Katie Morag books. But the 74-year-old writer and illustrator says the ever-popular Katie Morag stories are based on her.</p>