Munro, Neil (1863-1930), was a Scottish novelist, journalist, and poet. His early works, such as Doom Castle (1901) and Children of Tempest (1903), were historical and romantic, and continued the tradition of the Scottish writers Sir Walter Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson. After 1903, however, Munro's works became both more realistic and less popular. All of his works are set against a Scottish background. Other important works include John Splendid (1898) and Gilian the Dreamer (1899). He wrote an autobiography, Brave Days, in 1931.