Surname: Falconer Forename(s): Agnes S. b. 1868. d. 1951. Nationality: Scottish.
Poet, short fiction writer, and children’s author. Pseudonym: “A. S. F.” Alternative
signature: “A. S. Falconer.” Sister of Mary W. M. Falconer. Educated at Duns Public
School. The Chambers’s Journal ledger entry for the poem “Flawed Roses,” published on 20 August 1898, lists the
author as Miss A. S. Falconer, of Elder Bank, Duns (NLS Dep 341/371), in Berwickshire.
The Falconer sisters contributed to a range of Scottish and English newspapers and
periodicals, including People’s Journal, Weekly Scotsman, Pall Mall Magazine. Agnes is also the author of the poetry volumes Whinblossom (1904) and Wishing Wood, and Other Verses (1911). The Falconer sisters’ scrapbooks are located in the Scottish Borders Local
History Centre and Archive, Hawick. Thanks to Charlotte Lauder for the biographical
information. (AC)