reissued in April 2014 by Galileo Publishers, Cambridge, with a new introduction by Robert Macfarlane. Non-fiction Shepherd's short non-fiction book The Living Mountain, written in the 1940s, reflects her experiences walking in the Cairngorm Mountains. She chose not to publish it until 1977, but it is now the book for which she is best known. It has been quoted as an influence by prominent nature writers such as Robert Macfarlane and Joe Simpson. The Guardian called it "the finest book ever written on nature and landscape in Britain". Its functions as a memoir and field notes combine with metaphysical nature writing in the tradition of Thoreau or John Muir. The 2011 Cannongate edition included a foreword by Robert Macfarlane and an afterword by Jeanette Winterson, these were also included in the 2019 edition by the same publisher. Essays and further poetry In the years between the publication of In the Cairngorms and The Living Mountain, Shepherd placed articles and essays in magazines and journals, including the Aberdeen University Review and The Deeside Field. A selection of these, with several hitherto unpublished poems, were first collected as Wild Geese: A Collection of Nan Shepherd's Writing, published in 2019 by Galileo Publishers. This includes a short story, "Descent from the Cross", which appeared in the Scots Magazine in 1943. Recognition Nan Shepherd is commemorated in Makars' Court outside the Writers' Museum, Lawnmarket, Edinburgh. Selections for such commemoration are made by The Writers' Museum, The Saltire Society and The Scottish Poetry Library. The best-known image of Shepherd is a portrait photograph as a young woman wearing a headband and a brooch on her forehead. Shepherd had decided to have her portrait taken at a local photography studio. Whilst sitting for it, she picked up a length of photographic film, wrapped it round her head on a whim and attached a brooch to it, making her look like a Wagnerian princess. In 2016 this was adapted as an illustration for a new series of £5 notes issued by the Royal Bank of Scotland. In 2017 a commemorative plaque was placed outside her former home, Dunvegan, in the North Deeside Road, Cults. See also People on Scottish banknotes References External links Page on Nan Shepherd at slainte.org The Nan Shepherd Prize – awarded annually since 2019 Scottish Poetry Library – a short biography and bibliography 1893 births 1981 deaths Alumni of the University of Aberdeen