In a small churchyard of the Kirkcaldy Old Kirk Trust and Cemetery stands a headstone devoted to an acclaimed writer. Her name was Marjorie Fleming and she died at the age of eight. The stone figure of Fleming shows a small girl, seated, who appears to be looking up while holding a book and a feather quill. At the encouragement of her cousin, Isabella Keith, Fleming kept a diary while she stayed with Keith in Edinburgh. Aged just six to eight, she filled the pages with poetry, observations from her…
