Fiona Macleod

William Sharp was a Scottish writer of poetry and literary biography. From 1893 he also wrote as Fiona Macleod, a woman's name that he kept almost secret during his lifetime. Under that name he published dreamy tales and verse drawn from Celtic legend. He also edited the poetry of Ossian, Walter Scott, Matthew Arnold and Algernon Charles Swinburne. Green Branches is among the Fiona Macleod titles.