
ABOUT
A prolific writer and poet of late nineteenth- century Scotland, he is known for works such as Earth's Voices, A Fellowe and His Wife, and The Children of Tomorrow. He wrote some of his works, including Mountain Lovers and The Laughter of Peterkin, under a pseudonym.He occasionally wrote under the female pen name of Fiona MacLeod. This fact remained a secret throughout his career.He and W.B. Yeats were literary contemporaries.
BEFORE FAMEHe attended the University of Glasgow in the early 1870s and briefly worked at a law office.
PERSONAL LIFEHe was romantically involved with fellow writer Edith Wingate Rinder.
The meaning of the name Sharp: Sand Skin FUN FACTSNovelist William Sharp were born on Wednesday, birthstone is Sapphire, the seaon was Summer in the Chinese year of , it is 252 days until William Sharp next birthday.