▁camp . ▁While ▁intern ed ▁at ▁Cold itz ▁Castle , ▁he ▁began ▁to ▁write ▁poetry . ▁ ▁Fre ed ▁by ▁American ▁troops ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 5 , ▁he ▁was ▁later ▁awarded ▁the ▁M . B . E . ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 6 ▁he ▁travel led ▁to ▁India , ▁where ▁he ▁served ▁for ▁a ▁short ▁time ▁as ▁compt roller ▁of ▁the ▁household ▁for ▁Vic ero y ▁Lord ▁W av ell ▁( 1 9 4 6 – 4 7 ). ▁Following ▁ret irement ▁from ▁the ▁British ▁army , ▁Walker ▁returned ▁briefly ▁to ▁Scotland . ▁ ▁He ▁em igr ated ▁to ▁St . ▁Andrew s , ▁New ▁Brun sw ick ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 8 , ▁intent ▁on ▁becoming ▁a ▁writer . ▁A ▁pro l ific ▁author , ▁Walker ▁enjoyed ▁a ▁long ▁and ▁successful ▁career , ▁publishing ▁approximately ▁ 1 0 0 ▁short ▁stories ▁and ▁ 2 0 ▁books . ▁His ▁nov els ▁The ▁P ill ar , ▁about ▁a ▁prisoner ▁of ▁war ▁camp , ▁and ▁Dig by , ▁a ▁Scottish ▁high lands ▁story , ▁won ▁the ▁Governor ▁General ' s ▁award ▁for ▁fiction ▁for ▁ 1 9 5 2 ▁and ▁ 1 9 5 3 , ▁respectively . ▁Several ▁of ▁his ▁books , ▁including ▁Ge ord ie ▁( 1 9 5 5 ), ▁made ▁into ▁motion ▁pictures . ▁That ▁was ▁set ▁ ▁in ▁his ▁native ▁Scotland , ▁while ▁Mall ab ec ▁and ▁Pir ate ▁Rock ▁were ▁set ▁in ▁his ▁adopted ▁home ▁province ▁of ▁New ▁Brun sw ick . ▁Where ▁the