Margaret Donald is a former teacher/lecturer in early childhood education in the UK and USA, who later became a broadcaster in radio and television. She is now a prolific writer of wholesome, non-violent material for young children. Her screen writing company, Mallard Media Services, was launched in 1996 and led to the award of Scottish Businesswoman of the Year - Most Enterprising Start- Up on the basis of her first project about a sheep called Ophelia. Her second project about two Highland bulls called Clootie and Dumpling is now in print. Margaret is a Governor of The Robert Gordon University and Aberdeen College, Scotland.