Margaret Moncrieff

Margaret Moncrieff (6 February 1921 – 12 November 2008) was a Scottish cellist and author writing under the pseudonym Helen McClelland and writing novels in the Chalet School series. Helen Margaret Moncrieff wa born in 1921, in Edinburgh. Her father was Alexander Moncrieff, Lord Moncrieff. In London, Moncrieff studied the cello at the Royal College of Music and then in Paris, with Pierre Fournier. She went on to a distinguished career as a soloist, chamber musician, and teacher.