▁Mo ir , ▁John ▁Stuart ▁Black ie , ▁William ▁Ed mond st ou ne ▁A yt oun ▁and ▁Margaret ▁O li ph ant . ▁In ▁the ▁late ▁nin ete enth ▁century , ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁Scottish - born ▁authors ▁achieved ▁international ▁re put ations , ▁including ▁Robert ▁Louis ▁Stevens on ▁and ▁Arthur ▁Con an ▁Do yle , ▁whose ▁Sher lock ▁Hol mes ▁stories ▁helped ▁found ▁the ▁tradition ▁of ▁detect ive ▁fiction . ▁In ▁the ▁last ▁two ▁dec ades ▁of ▁the ▁century ▁the ▁" k aily ard ▁school " ▁( c abb age ▁patch ) ▁dep icted ▁Scotland ▁in ▁a ▁rural ▁and ▁nost alg ic ▁fashion , ▁often ▁seen ▁as ▁a ▁" fail ure ▁of ▁n erve " ▁in ▁dealing ▁with ▁the ▁rapid ▁changes ▁that ▁had ▁swe pt ▁across ▁Scotland ▁in ▁the ▁industrial ▁revolution . ▁Fig ures ▁associated ▁with ▁the ▁movement ▁include ▁Ian ▁Mac lar en , ▁S . ▁R . ▁Cro ck ett ▁and ▁J . ▁M . ▁Bar rie , ▁best ▁known ▁for ▁his ▁creation ▁of ▁Peter ▁Pan , ▁which ▁helped ▁develop ▁the ▁genre ▁of ▁fant asy , ▁as ▁did ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁George ▁Mac Donald . ▁ ▁Among ▁the ▁most ▁important ▁nov els ▁of ▁the ▁early ▁tw enti eth ▁century ▁was ▁The ▁House ▁with ▁the ▁Green ▁Sh ut ters ▁by ▁George ▁Douglas ▁Brown , ▁which ▁broke ▁with ▁the ▁K aily ard ▁tradition . ▁John ▁Buch an ▁played ▁a ▁major ▁role ▁in ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁the ▁modern ▁thr iller ▁with ▁The ▁Th irty - N ine ▁Ste ps ▁and ▁Green m ant