Claim: Scottish writer Mollie Hunter's debut Patrick Kentigern Keenan was published in 1963.
Evidence: Maureen Mollie Hunter McIlwraith (30 June 1922 – 31 July 2012) was a Scottish writer known as Mollie Hunter. Hunter's debut was Patrick Kentigern Keenan, published by Blackie and Son in 1963 with illustrations by Charles Keeping.