The Penny Piper of Saranac: An Episode in Stevenson's Life is a book written by Stephen Chalmers. The book is a biographical account of a brief period in the life of Robert Louis Stevenson, the famous Scottish writer. The book revolves around a chance encounter between Stevenson and a young girl named Penny who played the bagpipes. The story takes place in Saranac Lake, New York, where Stevenson was staying in a cottage to recover from his illness...