Caird, Janet
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1913-1992) Malawi-born UK author of sf interest mainly for a Lost Race novel, The Loch (1968), in which the water level in Loch Ness (not so named but unmistakable) suddenly sinks, uncovering a race of quasi-troglodytes, descended from the Vikings or before, which has survived Underground in caves impossible of access until now. [JC]
see also: Loch Ness Monster.
Janet Hinshaw Caird [née Kirkwood]
born Livingstonia, Malawi: 24 April 1913
died Inverness, Scotland: 19 January 1992
works
- Perturbing Spirit (London: Geoffrey Bles, 1966) [hb/]
- The Loch (London: Geoffrey Bles, 1968) [hb/]
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