Rennie McOwan was a distinguished writer and broadcaster who published many books and articles.
His novels and non-fiction titles have been used for many years in primary and secondary schools particularly in Scotland but also as far afield as Australia and the USA.
Rennie's awards included an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Stirling; the Outdoor Writer’s Guild’s Golden Eagle Award for access campaigning and outdoor writing and the Provost of Stirling’s Civic Award (Arts and Culture).