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TOM MUIR is a professional storyteller who was born in the Orkney Islands on a farm by the sea. In 2025 he was awarded an MBE in the New Year’s Honours list ‘for services to Orkney folk tales’. He has worked in the field of archaeology and at the Orkney Museum, and appears on TV, radio and magazines.
'Muir retells and rewrites 24 folk tales connected by the theme of love. The stories he has chosen cover the full gamut of the human condition: some are bitter, others sweet, heartwarming, tragic, frightening or inspirational.' * <i>Scottish Field</i> magazine * 'Tom Muir is the best, such a captivating and entertaining storyteller.' -- Fiona Robertson author of <i>Stone Lands</i> 'The traditional stories in Scottish Folk Tales of Love, told by Tom Muir and beautifully illustrated by Hester Aspland, encompass many forms of love,' -- Erin Farley
