List of Scottish writers
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List of Scottish writers is an incomplete alphabetical list of Scottish
writer
s. This list includes writers of all genre
s, writing in English
, Scots
, Gaelic
, Latin
, or any other language.
This is a subsidiary list to the List of Scots.
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
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Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
s. This list includes writers of all genre
Genre
Genre , Greek: genos, γένος) is the term for any category of literature or other forms of art or culture, e.g. music, and in general, any type of discourse, whether written or spoken, audial or visual, based on some set of stylistic criteria. Genres are formed by conventions that change over time...
s, writing in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, Scots
Scots language
Scots is the Germanic language variety spoken in Lowland Scotland and parts of Ulster . It is sometimes called Lowland Scots to distinguish it from Scottish Gaelic, the Celtic language variety spoken in most of the western Highlands and in the Hebrides.Since there are no universally accepted...
, Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic language
Scottish Gaelic is a Celtic language native to Scotland. A member of the Goidelic branch of the Celtic languages, Scottish Gaelic, like Modern Irish and Manx, developed out of Middle Irish, and thus descends ultimately from Primitive Irish....
, Latin
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
, or any other language.
This is a subsidiary list to the List of Scots.
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- Marion Adams-ActonMarion Adams-ActonMarian Adams-Acton was a Scottish novelist. Most of her fiction was written with the pseudonym 'Jeanie Hering'.-Early life and education:...
(1846–1928), children's writer, playwright under name Jeanie Hering - Thomas AirdThomas AirdThomas Aird , Scottish poet, was born at Bowden, Roxburghshire.Aird was educated at the University of Edinburgh, where he met John Wilson, Thomas Carlyle and James Hogg, as well as other men of letters. Under their influence, he decided to devote himself to literary work...
(1802–1876), poet - Alasdair MacMhaighstir AlasdairAlasdair MacMhaighstir AlasdairAlasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair was a Scottish poet, lexicographer, political writer and memoirist, respected as perhaps the finest Gaelic language poet of the 18th century...
(c. 1695 – 1770), poet - William Alexander, Earl of Stirling (c. 1570 – 1640), poet and dramatist
- Lin AndersonLin AndersonLin Anderson is a Tartan Noir crime novelist and screenwriter, best known as the creator of forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod. The Rhona MacLeod books are currently being developed for ITV.- Biography :...
, crime writer - Marion Angus (1866-1946), poet
- Margot AsquithMargot AsquithMargot Asquith, Countess of Oxford and Asquith , born Emma Alice Margaret Tennant, was an Anglo-Scottish socialite, author and wit...
(1864 - 1945), writer and wit - Sir Robert AytonRobert AytonSir Robert Aytoun was a Scottish poet.Ayton was the son of Ayton of Kinaldie House in Fife.He and his elder brother entered St Leonard's College in St Andrews in 1584. After graduating MA from St...
(1570–1638), poet - William Edmonstoune AytounWilliam Edmonstoune AytounWilliam Edmondstoune Aytoun FRSE was a Scottish lawyer and poet.Born in Edinburgh, he was the only son of Joan Keith and Roger Aytoun , a writer to the signet, and was related to Sir Robert Aytoun...
(1813–1865), poet, humourist and writer
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- Lady Grizel Baillie (1665–1746), song-writer
- RM BallantyneRobert Michael BallantyneR. M. Ballantyne was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company...
(1825–1894), juvenile fiction writer, The Coral IslandThe Coral IslandThe Coral Island is a novel written by Scottish juvenile fiction author R. M. Ballantyne during the peak of the British Empire. It was voted as one of the top twenty Scottish novels in the 2006 15th International World Wide Web Conference.... - Iain BanksIain BanksIain Banks is a Scottish writer. He writes mainstream fiction under the name Iain Banks, and science fiction as Iain M. Banks, including the initial of his adopted middle name Menzies...
(born 1954), a.k.a Iain M. Banks - John Barbour (1316–1395), poet
- Sir James Matthew BarrieJ. M. BarrieSir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM was a Scottish author and dramatist, best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan. The child of a family of small-town weavers, he was educated in Scotland. He moved to London, where he developed a career as a novelist and playwright...
(1860–1937), novelist and dramatist, creator of Peter PanPeter PanPeter Pan is a character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie . A mischievous boy who can fly and magically refuses to grow up, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood adventuring on the small island of Neverland as the leader of his gang the Lost Boys, interacting with... - Alan BissettAlan BissettAlan Bissett is an author and playwright from Hallglen, an area of Falkirk in Scotland. After the publication of his first two novels, Boyracers and The Incredible Adam Spark, he became known for his different take on Scots dialect writing, evolving a style specific to Falkirk, suffused with...
(born 1975), novelist - William Black (1841–1898), novelist
- Robert BlairRobert Blair (poet)Robert Blair was a Scottish poet.-Biography:He was the eldest son of the Rev. Robert Blair, one of the king's chaplains, and was born at Edinburgh. He was educated at the University of Edinburgh and in the Netherlands, and in 1731 was appointed to the living of Athelstaneford in East Lothian...
(1699–1746), poet - James BoswellJames BoswellJames Boswell, 9th Laird of Auchinleck was a lawyer, diarist, and author born in Edinburgh, Scotland; he is best known for the biography he wrote of one of his contemporaries, the English literary figure Samuel Johnson....
(1740–1795), biographer of Samuel JohnsonSamuel JohnsonSamuel Johnson , often referred to as Dr. Johnson, was an English author who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer...
and diarist - Edward BoydEdward Boyd (writer)Edward Boyd was a Scottish writer best known for his television and radio work.Boyd was born in Stevenston in South Ayrshire. He worked with the Glasgow Unity Theatre in the 1940s.Later he moved into radio & TV...
(1916-1989), screenwriter - Theresa BreslinTheresa BreslinTheresa Breslin is a Scottish author, primarily of young adult fiction. She began writing when working as a librarian, and has published 29 books, five of which have also been sold as audiobooks....
, author, primarily of young adult fiction - James BridieJames BridieJames Bridie was the pseudonym of a Scottish playwright, screenwriter and surgeon whose real name was Osborne Henry Mavor....
(real name Osborne Henry Mavor) (1888-1951), playwright, screenwriter and surgeon - Christopher BrookmyreChristopher BrookmyreChristopher Brookmyre is a Scottish novelist whose novels mix comedy, politics, social comment and action with a strong narrative. He has been referred to as a Tartan Noir author...
(born 1968), novelist of Comedy, politics and social issues. - George Douglas BrownGeorge Douglas BrownGeorge Douglas Brown was a Scottish novelist, best known for his highly influential realist novel The House with the Green Shutters , which was published the year before his death at the age of 33.-Life and work:...
(1869-1902), novelist - George Mackay BrownGeorge Mackay BrownGeorge Mackay Brown , was a Scottish poet, author and dramatist, whose work has a distinctly Orcadian character...
, Scottish poet, author and dramatist, whose work has a distinctly Orcadian character - John Buchan, 1st Baron TweedsmuirJohn Buchan, 1st Baron TweedsmuirJohn Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir was a Scottish novelist, historian and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation....
(1875–1940), novelist (The Thirty-Nine StepsThe Thirty-nine StepsThe Thirty-Nine Steps is an adventure novel by the Scottish author John Buchan. It first appeared as a serial in Blackwood's Magazine in August and September 1915 before being published in book form in October that year by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh...
) - James Burnett (1714–1799), judge and scholar of linguistic evolution, philosopher and deist
- Peter Burnett (born 1967)
- Rhoda BulterRhoda BulterRhoda Bulter , Shetland author, is one of the best-known Shetland poets of recent times. Her first poem was published in The New Shetlander in 1970, following which she became a prolific writer in the Shetland dialect...
(1929-1994), poet and novelist. - Robert BurnsRobert BurnsRobert Burns was a Scottish poet and a lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland, and is celebrated worldwide...
(1759–1796), poet and lyricist - widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland. - John Byrne (born 1940), dramatist
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- Thomas Campbell (1777-1844)
- Angus Peter CampbellAngus Peter CampbellAngus Peter Campbell is a Scottish award-winning poet, novelist, journalist, broadcaster and actor.-Early life:...
, GaelicScottish Gaelic languageScottish Gaelic is a Celtic language native to Scotland. A member of the Goidelic branch of the Celtic languages, Scottish Gaelic, like Modern Irish and Manx, developed out of Middle Irish, and thus descends ultimately from Primitive Irish....
novelist, columnist, poet - Thomas CarlyleThomas CarlyleThomas Carlyle was a Scottish satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher during the Victorian era.He called economics "the dismal science", wrote articles for the Edinburgh Encyclopedia, and became a controversial social commentator.Coming from a strict Calvinist family, Carlyle was...
(1795–1881), essayist and historian - Harry Carmil (pen name of Leopold Horace Ognall) (1908–1979), crime novelist (born in Glasgow)
- Catherine CarswellCatherine CarswellCatherine Roxburgh Carswell was a Scottish author, biographer and journalist, now known as one of the few women who took part in the Scottish Renaissance...
(1879-1946) - Glenn ChandlerGlenn ChandlerGlenn Chandler is an award-winning Scottish playwright and novelist. He has written plays for theatre and radio, original screenplays for television and films, television series, and novels...
(b. 1949) - William ClelandWilliam ClelandWilliam Cleland was a Scottish poet and soldier.William was the son of Thomas Cleland, gamekeeper to the Marquess of Douglas, chief of the House of Douglas. He was probably brought up on the Douglas estate, centred at Douglas Castle, Lanarkshire, and was educated at St Andrew's University...
(1661–1689) - Alison CockburnAlison CockburnAlison Cockburn also Alison Rutherford, or Alicia Cockburn was a Scottish poet, wit and socialite who collected a circle of eminent friends in 18th century enlightenment Edinburgh including Walter Scott, Robert Burns and David Hume.-Life:Born at Fairnilee House, in the Scottish Borders, between...
(1712–1794) poet and wit - Sophie CookeSophie CookeSophie Cooke is a Scottish novelist, short story writer, poet, and travel writer. Speaking in an interview with Aesthetica magazine in 2009, Cooke has said that her work is primarily concerned with questions of truth. She has developed the notion of truth as a depreciable asset...
(b. 1976) - Joe CorrieJoe CorrieJoe Corrie was a Scottish miner, poet and playwright.He was born in Slamannan, Stirlingshire in 1894. His family moved to Cardenden in the Fife coalfield when Corrie was still an infant and he started work at the pits in 1908....
(1894-1968) - Samuel Rutherford CrockettSamuel Rutherford CrockettSamuel Rutherford Crockett was a Scottish novelist, born at Duchrae, Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, the illegitimate grandson of a farmer....
(1860–1914), novelist - A. J. CroninA. J. CroninArchibald Joseph Cronin was a Scottish physician and novelist. His best-known works are Hatter's Castle, The Stars Look Down, The Citadel, The Keys of the Kingdom and The Green Years, all of which were adapted to film. He also created the Dr...
(1896-1981) - Helen CruickshankHelen CruickshankHelen Burness Cruickshank was a minor Scottish poet and suffragette, better known for being a focal point of the Scottish Renaissance. At her home in Corstorphine, various Scottish writers of note would meet....
(1886-1975) - Andrew CrumeyAndrew CrumeyAndrew Crumey is a novelist and former literary editor of the Scotland on Sunday newspaper. He was born in Kirkintilloch, north of Glasgow, Scotland. He graduated with First Class Honours from the University of St Andrews and holds a PhD in theoretical physics from Imperial College, London. In...
(b. 1961)
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- Ann Marie Di MambroAnn Marie Di MambroAnn Marie Di Mambro is a Scottish playwright and television screenwriter of Italian extraction. Her theatre plays have been performed widely; they are also published individually and in collections and are studied in schools for the Scottish curriculum's Higher Drama and English.- Biographical...
(born 1950), playwright and scriptwriter - Lady Florence DixieLady Florence DixieLady Florence Caroline Dixie , before her marriage Lady Florence Douglas, was a British traveller, war correspondent, writer and feminist.-Early life:...
(1855-1905), feminist, travel writer, novelist - Gavin DouglasGavin DouglasGavin Douglas was a Scottish bishop, makar and translator. Although he had an important political career, it is for his poetry that he is now chiefly remembered. His principal pioneering achievement was the Eneados, a full and faithful vernacular translation of the Aeneid of Virgil and the first...
- O. DouglasO. DouglasO. Douglas is the pen name of Anna Masterton Buchan , a Scottish novelist.She was born in Perth, Scotland, the daughter of the Reverend John Buchan and Helen Masterton. She was the younger sister of John Buchan, the renowned statesman and author...
(1877–1948), novelist - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of Sherlock Holmes detective novels
- Andrew DrummondAndrew Drummond (author)Andrew Drummond is a Scottish translator and novelist. He was born in Edinburgh and studied at the University of Aberdeen and the University of London...
, novelist, author of An Abridged History and A Hand-book of Volapük - William Drummond of HawthorndenWilliam Drummond of HawthorndenWilliam Drummond , called "of Hawthornden", was a Scottish poet.-Life:Drummond was born at Hawthornden Castle, Midlothian. His father, John Drummond, was the first laird of Hawthornden; and his mother was Susannah Fowler, sister of William Fowler, poet and courtier...
- William DunbarWilliam DunbarWilliam Dunbar was a Scottish poet. He was probably a native of East Lothian, as assumed from a satirical reference in the Flyting of Dunbar and Kennedie , where, too, it is hinted that he was a member of the noble house of Dunbar....
(c. 1460 – c. 1520), poet - Jane DuncanJane DuncanJane Duncan was the pseudonym of Scottish writer Elizabeth Jane Cameron, best-known for her My Friends series of semi-autobiographical novels...
- Douglas DunnDouglas DunnDouglas Eaglesham Dunn, OBE is a Scottish poet, academic, and critic. He currently lives in Scotland.-Background:Dunn was born in Inchinnan, Renfrewshire. He was educated at the Scottish School of Librarianship, and worked as a librarian before he started his studies in Hull...
(born 1942), poet - Dorothy DunnettDorothy DunnettDorothy Dunnett OBE was a Scottish historical novelist. She is best known for her six-part series about Francis Crawford of Lymond, The Lymond Chronicles, which she followed with the eight-part prequel The House of Niccolò...
(1923–2001), novelist - Niall DuthieNiall DuthieNiall Duthie is a novelist. He was born on 15 May 1947 in Aberdeen, Scotland. He was brought up there, and in Ghana, England and Malaysia. He is the author of three acclaimed novels: The Duchess's Dragonfly . Natterjack, and Lobster Moth...
(born 1947), novelist
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- Simon FarquharSimon FarquharSimon Farquhar is a Scottish playwright.During his time at the University of Aberdeen he was an active writer and performer in the university's drama group, Centre Stage. His early one-act plays were staged at the Aberdeen Arts Centre, until a radio script set in Cullen, Candy Floss Kisses, was...
- Robert FergussonRobert FergussonRobert Fergusson was a Scottish poet. After formal education at the University of St Andrews, Fergusson followed an essentially bohemian life course in Edinburgh, the city of his birth, then at the height of intellectual and cultural ferment as part of the Scottish enlightenment...
- Susan Edmonstone Ferrier
- John FlemingJohn Fleming (naturalist)John Fleming was a Scottish Presbyterian clergyman, naturalist, zoologist and geologist. He was born near Bathgate in Linlithgowshire and died in Edinburgh...
- Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun (1653–1716), political writer
- Craig FergusonCraig FergusonCraig Ferguson is a Scottish American television host, stand-up comedian, writer, actor, director, author, and producer. He is the host of The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, an Emmy Award-nominated, Peabody Award-winning late-night talk show that airs on CBS...
Novelist Between the Bridge and the River, American on Purpose, and screenwriter - Neil Forsyth
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- Colin GalbraithColin GalbraithColin Galbraith , is a Scottish author and poet. He has published one novel, one novella and several chapbooks of poetry. He is the Editor-in-Chief at the and an assistant editor at...
author, poet - Iain GaleIain GaleIain Gale is a journalist and author born in 1959, who writes military novels. His book Four Days in June, about the battle of Waterloo, was well received and acclaimed by Bernard Cornwell. Another series of books, featuring the character Jack Steel, is set during the campaigns of the Duke of...
- Janice GallowayJanice GallowayJanice Galloway is a writer of novels, short stories, prose-poetry, non-fiction and libretti-Biography:She is the second daughter of James Galloway and Janet Clark McBride. Her parents separated when she was four and her father died when she was six. Her sister Nora, sixteen years older, died in...
(born 1956), author of 'The Trick Is to Keep Breathing' - William Brown Galloway (1811-1903), teacher, scholar, theologian, writer of several books on science & the Bible, a few available as e-books on Google Books.
- John Galt
- Robert GariochRobert GariochRobert Garioch Sutherland, , was a Scottish poet and translator. His poetry was written almost exclusively in the Scots language, he was a key member in the literary revival of the language in the mid-20th century...
- Pat GerberPat GerberPat Gerber was a Scottish writer and author mainly known for her children's books.She wrote several children books, including: Volume of Clowns: Children's Poems on the Circus , The Ghost of Glenmellish , Stranger on the River , and To Catch a Thief .She also wrote a fiction book,...
(1934-2006), writer - Lewis Grassic GibbonLewis Grassic GibbonLewis Grassic Gibbon was the pseudonym of James Leslie Mitchell , a Scottish writer.-Biography:...
- Magi Gibson, (born 1953) poet, writer, author of 'Wild Women of a Certain Age'
- William Glen (1789-1826), poet
- Janey GodleyJaney GodleyJaney Godley is a British stand-up comedian and writer. Her autobiography, Handstands in the Dark, was a UK Top Ten bestseller and she was a 2006 Scotswoman of The Year finalist...
(born 1961), comedian - Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham
- W. S. GrahamW. S. GrahamWilliam Sydney Graham was a Scottish poet who is often associated with Dylan Thomas and the neo-romantic group of poets. Graham's poetry was mostly overlooked in his lifetime but, partly due to the support of Harold Pinter, his work has enjoyed a revival in recent years...
, neo-romantic poet - Kenneth GrahameKenneth GrahameKenneth Grahame was a Scottish writer, most famous for The Wind in the Willows , one of the classics of children's literature. He also wrote The Reluctant Dragon; both books were later adapted into Disney films....
(1859–1932) - Elizabeth GrantElizabeth GrantElizabeth Grant was a song-writer.Grant was from Carron. She is known as the writer of one song, 'Roy's Wife of Aldivalloch.' She was the daughter of 'Lieutenant Joseph Grant, late of Colonel Montgomerie's regiment of highlanders,' and was probably born about 1745, near Aberlour, on the Spey,...
(1797-1868), diarist - Katie M GrantK M GrantKatie M Grant is a children's writer, based in Scotland, who is best known for her DeGranville Trilogy, published by Walker Books.-Early and Personal Life:...
- Alasdair GrayAlasdair GrayAlasdair Gray is a Scottish writer and artist. His most acclaimed work is his first novel Lanark, published in 1981 and written over a period of almost 30 years...
(born 1934), writer and artist - Alex GrayAlex Gray (author)Alex Gray, born 27 May 1950, Glasgow, is a Scottish crime writer. She has published six novels, all set around Glasgow and featuring the character of Detective Chief Inspector Lorimer and his psychological profiler Solomon Brightman, the earlier novels being published by Canongate and later books...
(born 1950) - Alexander GrayAlexander Gray (poet)Professor Sir Alexander Gray CBE, FRSE was a Scottish civil servant, economist, academic, translator writer and poet.-Life and work:...
(1882–1968), academic, propagandist, poet and translator - Muriel GrayMuriel GrayMuriel Gray is a Scottish journalist and broadcaster.-Personal life:Gray is of partly Jewish ancestry...
(born 1959), author, broadcaster and businesswoman - Andrew GreigAndrew GreigAndrew Greig is a Scottish writer. He grew up in Anstruther, Fife. He studied philosophy at the University of Edinburgh and is a former Glasgow University Writing Fellow and Scottish Arts Council Scottish/Canadian Exchange Fellow...
(born 1951), novelist, poet and writer on mountaineering - David GreigDavid Greig (dramatist)David Greig is a Scottish playwright and theatre director.Greig was born in Edinburgh in 1969 and was brought up in Nigeria. He studied drama at Bristol University. He has been commissioned by the Royal Court Theatre, the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company amongst others.His...
(born 1969), playwright - Neil M Gunn (1891–1973), novelist and essayist
- Allan GuthrieAllan GuthrieAllan Guthrie is a Scottish literary agent, and an author and editor of crime fiction. He was born in Orkney, but has lived in Edinburgh for most of his adult life. His first novel, Two-Way Split, was shortlisted for the CWA Debut Dagger Award, and it won the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel...
, crime writer and literary agent
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- Hamilton Alastair (born 1958), writer, journalist, photographer
- Jeanie HeringMarion Adams-ActonMarian Adams-Acton was a Scottish novelist. Most of her fiction was written with the pseudonym 'Jeanie Hering'.-Early life and education:...
(1846–1928), children's writer, playwright - James HoggJames HoggJames Hogg was a Scottish poet and novelist who wrote in both Scots and English.-Early life:James Hogg was born in a small farm near Ettrick, Scotland in 1770 and was baptized there on 9 December, his actual date of birth having never been recorded...
(1770-1835), poet, novelist and short story writer. - Stuart HoodStuart HoodStuart Hood is a Scottish novelist, translator and a former British television producer and Controller of the BBC's most popular television network, BBC One. He was born in Edzell, Angus, Scotland.-Life:...
(born 1915), novelist and translator - A. J. Hughes (born 1971), novelist.
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- Violet JacobViolet JacobViolet Jacob was a Scottish writer, now known especially for her historical novel Flemington and her poetry....
- Robert Alan JamiesonRobert Alan JamiesonRobert Alan Jamieson is a Scottish and Shetlandic poet and novelist who grew up on the crofting community of Sandness. He is currently based in Edinburgh, Scotland, where he works as a Creative Writing tutor at Edinburgh University...
- Quintin JardineQuintin JardineQuintin Jardine is a Scottish author of two series of crime novels, featuring the characters Bob Skinner and Oz Blackstone.-Biography:...
- Morag JossMorag JossMorag Joss is an English-born Scottish writer.She is the author of six novels, including the Sara Selkirk series, and Half Broken Things, which won the Crime Writers Association Silver Dagger Award. She began writing in 1996 after a short story of hers was runner-up in a national competition...
- Ada F KayAda F KayAda F Kay, also known as A.J. Stewart, is a British writer with a particularly complex personal history. She grew up in Lancashire but lived much of her adult life in Scotland.-Work:...
- Jackie KayJackie KayJackie Kay MBE is a Scottish poet and novelist.-Biography:Jackie Kay was born in Glasgow in 1961 to a Scottish mother and a Nigerian father, Jonathan C. Okafor who later became a prominent tropical plant taxonomist...
- Robert KeithRobert Keith (historian)Robert Keith was a Scottish Episcopal bishop and historian.-Life:Born at Uras in Kincardineshire, Scotland, on 7 February 1681, he was the second son of Alexander Keith and Marjory Keith . He was educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen between 1695 and 1699; graduating with an A.M...
(1681–1757), EpiscopalScottish Episcopal ChurchThe Scottish Episcopal Church is a Christian church in Scotland, consisting of seven dioceses. Since the 17th century, it has had an identity distinct from the presbyterian Church of Scotland....
BishopBishopA bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
and historian - James KelmanJames KelmanJames Kelman is an influential writer of novels, short stories, plays and political essays. His novel A Disaffection was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction in 1989...
- James KennawayJames KennawayJames Kennaway was a Scottish writer. He was born in Auchterarder in Perthshire and attended Glenalmond College.-Career:...
(1928–1968) - A. L. KennedyA. L. KennedyAlison Louise Kennedy is a Scottish writer of novels, short stories and non-fiction. She is known for a characteristically dark tone, a blending of realism and fantasy, and for her serious approach to her work...
- Philip KerrPhilip KerrPhilip Kerr is a British author of both adult fiction and non-fiction, most notably the Bernie Gunther series of thrillers, and of children's books, particularly the Children of the Lamp series....
, author of both adult fiction and non-fiction, most notably the Bernie Gunther series - Jessie KessonJessie KessonJessie Kesson , born as Jessie Grant McDonald, was a Scottish novelist, playwright and radio producer.-Life:...
- Alanna Knight, crime writer
- Frank KuppnerFrank Kuppner-Life:He has been Writer in Residence at various institutions, currently at University of Glasgow, and Strathclyde University.-Awards:* 2008 Creative Scotland Award* 1995 McVitie’s Writer of the Year Award, for Something Very Like Murder...
(born 1951)
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- Andrew LangAndrew LangAndrew Lang was a Scots poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. The Andrew Lang lectures at the University of St Andrews are named after him.- Biography :Lang was born in Selkirk...
(1844–1912) - Sir Thomas Dick LauderThomas Dick LauderSir Thomas Dick Lauder of Fountainhall, 7th Baronet, FRSE FSA was a Scottish author. He served as Secretary to the Board of Manufactures , on the Herring Fisheries Board, at the Royal Institution for the Encouragement of the Fine Arts, and as Deputy Lieutenant of both counties of Moray and...
(1784–1848), writer - David LindsayDavid Lindsay (novelist)David Lindsay was a Scottish author now most famous for the philosophical science fiction novel A Voyage to Arcturus .-Biography:...
(1878–1945) - Sir David Lindsay (c. 1490 – c. 1555)
- Douglas Lindsay (born 1964)
- Eric LinklaterEric LinklaterEric Robert Russell Linklater was a British writer, known for more than 20 novels, as well as short stories, travel writing and autobiography, and military history.-Life:...
- John Gibson LockhartJohn Gibson LockhartJohn Gibson Lockhart , was a Scottish writer and editor. He is best known as the author of the definitive "Life" of Sir Walter Scott...
- William Laughton LorimerWilliam Laughton LorimerWilliam Laughton Lorimer was born at Strathmartine on the outskirts of Dundee, Scotland. He was educated at the High School of Dundee, Fettes College, and Trinity College, Oxford. He is best known for the translation of the New Testament into Lowland Scots...
(1885–1967), translated the New Testament from Greek to Scots
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- Lord MacaulayThomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron MacaulayThomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay PC was a British poet, historian and Whig politician. He wrote extensively as an essayist and reviewer, and on British history...
, (1800-1859), essayist, historian and poet - Sharon McPhersonSharon McPhersonSharon McPherson is a Scottish writer and book publisher. She writes works of non-fiction and fiction under the pseudonym, Cambella McMahon....
(born 1965), writer and book publisher - Stuart MacBrideStuart MacBrideStuart MacBride is a Scottish writer, most famous for his crime thrillers set in the "Granite City" of Aberdeen and featuring Detective Sergeant Logan McRae.-Biography:...
, crime writer - Alexander McCall SmithAlexander McCall SmithAlexander "Sandy" McCall Smith, CBE, FRSE, is a Rhodesian-born Scottish writer and Emeritus Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh. In the late 20th century, McCall Smith became a respected expert on medical law and bioethics and served on British and international committees...
- Fionn MacCollaFionn MacCollaFionn MacColla born Thomas Douglas MacDonald on 4 March 1906, was a Scottish novelist closely connected to the Scottish Renaissance. Although he wrote in English, he was very interested in Scottish Gaelic language and culture and campaigned for it to return to, what he perceived to be, its...
- Norman MacCaigNorman MacCaigNorman MacCaig was a Scottish poet. His poetry, in modern English, is known for its humour, simplicity of language and great popularity.-Life:...
, poet - J. McCulloughJ. McCulloughJ. McCullough was a Scottish author and avid golfer of the late 19th century. His fame rests on two books, Golf in the Year 2000, or, What we are coming to and Golf: Containing Practical Hints, with Rules of the Game ....
, golf author - Val McDermidVal McDermidVal McDermid is a Scottish crime writer, best known for a series of suspense novels starring her most famous creation, Dr. Tony Hill.-Biography:...
, (1955- present), crime fiction - Tartan NoirTartan NoirTartan Noir is a form of crime fiction particular to Scotland and Scottish writers. It has its roots in Scottish literature but borrows elements from elsewhere, including from the work of American crime writers of the second half of the twentieth century, especially of the hard-boiled genre, and of... - Hugh MacDiarmidHugh MacDiarmidHugh MacDiarmid is the pen name of Christopher Murray Grieve , a significant Scottish poet of the 20th century. He was instrumental in creating a Scottish version of modernism and was a leading light in the Scottish Renaissance of the 20th century...
(1892–1978), poet - George MacdonaldGeorge MacDonaldGeorge MacDonald was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister.Known particularly for his poignant fairy tales and fantasy novels, George MacDonald inspired many authors, such as W. H. Auden, J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, E. Nesbit and Madeleine L'Engle. It was C.S...
(1824–1905), poet and novelist - William Topaz McGonagallWilliam Topaz McGonagallWilliam Topaz McGonagall was a Scottish weaver, doggerel poet and actor. He won notoriety as an extremely bad poet who exhibited no recognition of or concern for his peers' opinions of his work....
, poet, novelist - Alasdair Alpin MacGregorAlasdair Alpin MacGregorAlasdair Alpin MacGregor was a Scottish writer and photographer, known for a large number of travel books. He wrote also on Scottish folklore, and was a published poet.He was brought up in Tain and Inverness, and educated there and in Edinburgh...
(1899–1970), writer, photographer and poet - Kenneth McGuigan, Marxist theory, history
- William McIlvanneyWilliam McIlvanneyWilliam McIlvanney is a writer of crime stories, novels, and poetry. McIlvanney is a champion of gritty yet poetic literature; his works Laidlaw, The Papers of Tony Veitch, and Walking Wounded are all known for their portrayal of Glasgow in the 1970s.- Life and career :McIlvanney was born in the...
, crime writer - Helen Clark MacInnesHelen Clark MacInnesHelen Clark MacInnes was a Scottish-American author of espionage novels.She graduated from the University of Glasgow in Scotland in 1928 with a degree in French and German...
(1907–1985), suspense novelist - Duncan McIntyreDuncan Bàn MacIntyreDonnchadh Bàn Mac an t-Saoir is one of the most renowned of Scottish Gaelic poets and formed an integral part of one of the golden ages of Gaelic poetry in Scotland during the 18th century...
, GaelicScottish Gaelic languageScottish Gaelic is a Celtic language native to Scotland. A member of the Goidelic branch of the Celtic languages, Scottish Gaelic, like Modern Irish and Manx, developed out of Middle Irish, and thus descends ultimately from Primitive Irish....
poet, a.k.a Duncan Ban McIntyre - Martainn Mac an t-Saoir, GaelicScottish Gaelic languageScottish Gaelic is a Celtic language native to Scotland. A member of the Goidelic branch of the Celtic languages, Scottish Gaelic, like Modern Irish and Manx, developed out of Middle Irish, and thus descends ultimately from Primitive Irish....
novelist - John William MackailJohn William MackailJohn William Mackail O.M. was a Scottish man of letters and socialist, now best remembered as a Virgil scholar. He was also a poet, literary historian and biographer....
, classical scholar and writer - Kenneth McKay literary thriller writer
- Chris McKenna,novelist and short story writer
- Piers MackesyPiers MackesyPiers Gerald Mackesy is a British military historian who taught at the University of Oxford.-Early life and education:...
(born 1924), military historian - Sorley MacLeanSorley MacLeanSorley MacLean was one of the most significant Scottish poets of the 20th century.-Early life:He was born at Osgaig on the island of Raasay on 26 October 1911, where Scottish Gaelic was the first language. He attended the University of Edinburgh and was an avid shinty player playing for the...
(1911–1996), Scottish Gaelic poet - Ken MacLeodKen MacLeodKen MacLeod , is a Scottish science fiction writer.MacLeod was born in Stornoway. He graduated from Glasgow University with a degree in zoology and has worked as a computer programmer and written a masters thesis on biomechanics....
- Iain Finlay MacleodIain Finlay MacleodIain Finlay Macleod is a Scottish writer from the Isle of Lewis where he currently lives.Macleod's first full length play was called "Homers" and was produced by the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh in 2002, directed by Philip Howard. Macleod then went on to work regularly with the Traverse theatre on...
, GaelicScottish Gaelic languageScottish Gaelic is a Celtic language native to Scotland. A member of the Goidelic branch of the Celtic languages, Scottish Gaelic, like Modern Irish and Manx, developed out of Middle Irish, and thus descends ultimately from Primitive Irish....
novelist - Henry MackenzieHenry MackenzieHenry Mackenzie was a Scottish novelist and miscellaneous writer. He was also known by the sobriquet "Addison of the North."-Biography:Mackenzie was born in Edinburgh....
- Ian MaclarenIan MaclarenIan Maclaren was a Scottish author and theologian.He was the son of John Watson, a civil servant...
- Alistair MacLeanAlistair MacLeanAlistair Stuart MacLean was a Scottish novelist who wrote popular thrillers or adventure stories, the best known of which are perhaps The Guns of Navarone, Ice Station Zebra and Where Eagles Dare, all three having been made into successful films...
- Robert McLellanRobert McLellanRobert McLellan OBE was a Scottish dramatist and poet, mainly writing in the Scots language.-Early life and education:McLellan was born in 1907 at Linmill, a fruit farm in Kirkfieldbank in the Clyde valley, the home of his maternal grandparents. He was educated at Bearsden Academy in Glasgow...
- Kevin MacNeilKevin MacNeilKevin MacNeil is a British novelist, poet and playwright born and raised in the Outer Hebrides. His novels, A Method Actor's Guide to Jekyll and Hyde and best-selling debut, The Stornoway Way , were both published to widespread critical acclaim...
- James MacphersonJames MacphersonJames Macpherson was a Scottish writer, poet, literary collector and politician, known as the "translator" of the Ossian cycle of poems.-Early life:...
(1736–1796), poet and presenter of the "Ossian" poems - Candia McWilliamCandia McWilliamCandia McWilliam is a Scottish author. Her father was the architectural writer and academic Colin McWilliam.Born in Edinburgh, McWilliam was educated at Girton College, Cambridge, where she obtained first class honours. Her first novel, A Case of Knives, published in 1988, was the winner of a...
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- Lord Macaulay (1800-1859), essayist, historian and poet
- Laura Marney, novelist
- Sir John MalcolmJohn MalcolmMajor-general Sir John Malcolm was a Scottish soldier, statesman, and historian-Early life:Born at Burnfoot, Dumfriesshire, Malcolm was the son of George Malcolm, a gentleman farmer of Eskdale and Burnfoot. Jock, as he was then known, was one of the four Malcolm brothers who attained knighthoods...
(1769–1833), historian - Graham MastertonGraham MastertonGraham Masterton is a British horror author. Originally editor of Mayfair and the British edition of Penthouse, Graham Masterton's first novel The Manitou was released in 1976. This novel was adapted in 1978 for the film The Manitou...
(born in 1946) - Gavin MaxwellGavin MaxwellGavin Maxwell FRSL, FIAL, FZS , FRGS was a Scottish naturalist and author, best known for his work with otters. He wrote the book Ring of Bright Water about how he brought an otter back from Iraq and raised it in Scotland...
- Peter May (writer)Peter May (writer)Peter May is a Scottish television screenwriter, novelist and crime writer.- Early life :Peter was born in Glasgow. From an early age he was intent on becoming a novelist, but took up a career as a journalist as a way to start earning a living by writing. At the age of 21, he won the Fraser...
- Mark MillarMark MillarMark Millar is a Scottish comic book writer, known for his work on books such as The Authority, The Ultimates, Marvel Knights Spider-Man, Ultimate Fantastic Four, Civil War, Wanted, and Kick-Ass, the latter two of which have been adapted into feature films...
, comic book writer - Hugh MillerHugh MillerHugh Miller was a self-taught Scottish geologist and writer, folklorist and an evangelical Christian.- Life and work :Born in Cromarty, he was educated in a parish school where he reportedly showed a love of reading. At 17 he was apprenticed to a stonemason, and his work in quarries, together with...
(1802-1856), geologist - Denise MinaDenise MinaDenise Mina is a Scottish crime writer and playwright. She has written the Garnethill trilogy and another three novels featuring the character Patricia "Paddy" Meehan, a Glasgow journalist. Described as an author of Tartan Noir, she has also dabbled in comic book writing, having recently written...
(born 1966), Crime writer - Edwin Morgan (born 1920), Scottish poet
- Grant MorrisonGrant MorrisonGrant Morrison is a Scottish comic book writer, playwright and occultist. He is known for his nonlinear narratives and counter-cultural leanings, as well as his successful runs on titles like Animal Man, Doom Patrol, JLA, The Invisibles, New X-Men, Fantastic Four, All-Star Superman, and...
, comic book writer - Edwin MuirEdwin MuirEdwin Muir was an Orcadian poet, novelist and translator born on a farm in Deerness on the Orkney Islands. He was remembered for his deeply felt and vivid poetry in plain language with few stylistic preoccupations....
(1887–1959), novelist and poet - Charles MurrayCharles Murray (poet)Charles Murray was a poet who wrote in the Doric dialect of Scots. He was born and raised in Alford in north east Scotland. However he wrote much of his poetry while living in South Africa where he spent most of his working life as a successful civil engineer...
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- Andrew O'HaganAndrew O'HaganAndrew O'Hagan, FRSL is a Scottish novelist and non-fiction author. He is also an Editor at Large of Esquire and is currently a creative writing fellow at King's College London. He was selected by for inclusion in their 2003 list of the top 20 young British novelists. His novels appear...
(born 1968), novelist and essayist - Carolina Oliphant, Lady Nairne, 18th century composer and songwriter
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- Janet PaisleyJanet PaisleyJanet Paisley is an award-winning writer, poet and playwright from Scotland writing in Scots and English. Her work has been translated into German, Russian, Lithuanian, Slovak, Spanish, Hungarian, Ukrainian and Italian.-Career:...
- Aileen PatersonAileen PatersonAileen Paterson is a Scottish writer and illustrator, best known for her series of children's books about Maisie the kitten, beginning with Maisie Comes to Morningside the title deliberately echoing 'Cotton comes to Harlem' by Chester Himes.Born in the Fife town of Burntisland, she then moved to...
, creator of Maisie from MorningsideMorningside, EdinburghMorningside is a district in the south-west of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is south of the areas of Bruntsfield, Burghmuirhead ; south-west of Marchmont, and south-east of Merchiston... - William PaulWilliam Paul (author)William H.C. Paul is the Head of Digital Communications for the Scottish Government, a successful author and partner in Rumdewan Enterprises - a property development company. He lives in Edinburgh with his wife Linda. They have two sons, William and Andrew.-Background:William attended Bell Baxter...
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- Caro RamsayCaro RamsayCaro Ramsay is a Scottish writer of crime fiction. Her first two novels are police procedurals, set in Glasgow, featuring DI Colin Anderson and DS Costello.-Background:Caro was born in Govan, on Glasgow's south side...
, osteopath and crime writer - Ian RankinIan RankinIan Rankin, OBE, DL , is a Scottish crime writer. His best known books are the Inspector Rebus novels. He has also written several pieces of literary criticism.-Background:He attended Beath High School, Cowdenbeath...
, creator of Inspector RebusDetective Inspector John RebusDetective Inspector John Rebus is the protagonist in the Inspector Rebus series of detective novels by the Scottish writer Ian Rankin, ten of which have so far been televised as Rebus...
crime novels - PJG RansomPJG RansomPJG Ransom, or John Ransom, is a non-fiction author covering principally railway, canal and local history. He is also Hon. Secretary of the Scottish Committee of the Heritage Railway Association.-Books:* Holiday Cruising in Ireland, David & Charles 1971...
, author, railway and canal history - Marilyn Reid (born Dundee Scotland 1954), author, wrote plays under the name Marilyn Cameron
- Dilys RoseDilys RoseDilys Rose is a Scottish poet and fiction writer, born in 1954 in Glasgow and now based in Edinburgh. She has been teaching Creative Writing at Edinburgh University since 2001.-Poetry:* Madame Doubtfire's Dilemma, Chapman, 1989...
- Christopher RushChristopher Rush (writer)Christopher Rush is a Scottish writer, born in St Monans and for thirty years a teacher of literature in Edinburgh. His books include A Twelvemonth and a Day and the highly acclaimed To Travel Hopefully.A Twelvemonth and a Day served as inspiration for the film...
(born 1944) writerWriterA writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
and teacherTeacherA teacher or schoolteacher is a person who provides education for pupils and students . The role of teacher is often formal and ongoing, carried out at a school or other place of formal education. In many countries, a person who wishes to become a teacher must first obtain specified professional...
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- Alexander Scott (1520?–1582/1583), poet
- Alexander Scott (1920–1989), poet
- Manda ScottManda ScottManda Scott is a veterinary surgeon and writer. Born and educated in Glasgow, Scotland, she trained at the University of Glasgow School of Veterinary Medicine and now lives and works in Shropshire, sharing her life with her partner, Inca the lurcher and other assorted wildlife. She is known...
, veterinary surgeonVeterinary surgeonVeterinary surgeon is a term used to describe:*The full title of a vet, who treats disease, disorder and injury in animals, in the United Kingdom and several Commonwealth countries**See also Veterinary medicine in the United Kingdom...
and crime writer - Andrew Murray ScottAndrew Murray ScottAndrew Murray Scott, born in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1955 is a novelist, poet and non-fiction book writer. His first novel, Tumulus, appeared in 2000, as the winner of the inaugural Dundee International Book Prize for unpublished novels, against 82 other manuscripts, winning the author £6,000 plus a...
(born 1955), novelisthttp://www.andrewmurrayscott.com - Michael ScottMichael Scott (novelist)Michael Scott , British author, was born at Cowlairs, near Glasgow, the son of a Glasgow merchant.In 1806 he went to Jamaica, first managing some estates, and afterwards joining a business firm in Kingston...
(1789–1835), author - Sir Walter ScottWalter ScottSir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet, popular throughout much of the world during his time....
(1771–1832), novelist and poet - William SharpWilliam Sharp (writer)William Sharp was a Scottish writer, of poetry and literary biography in particular, who from 1893 wrote also as Fiona MacLeod, a pseudonym kept almost secret during his lifetime...
(1855–1905), poet and biographer - Nan ShepherdNan ShepherdNan Shepherd was a Scottish novelist and poet.-Life:She attended Aberdeen High School for Girls and graduated from the University of Aberdeen in 1915, subsequently lecturing for the Aberdeen College of Education.After she retired in 1956 she edited the Aberdeen University review...
- Sara Sheridan (born 1968), novelist
- Neal Sillars (born 1968), novelist, living in Spain and writing modern Scottish and literary fictionhttp://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/search-handle-url?%5Fencoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books-uk&field-author=Neal%20Sillars
- Samuel SmilesSamuel Smiles-Early life:Born in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland, the son of Samuel Smiles of Haddington and Janet Wilson of Dalkeith, Smiles was one of eleven surviving children. The family were strict Cameronians, though when Smiles grew up he was not one of them...
(1812–1904) - Adam SmithAdam SmithAdam Smith was a Scottish social philosopher and a pioneer of political economy. One of the key figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, Smith is the author of The Theory of Moral Sentiments and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations...
(1723–1790) - Ali SmithAli SmithAli Smith is a British writer.She was born to working-class parents, raised in a council house in Inverness and now lives in Cambridge. She studied at the University of Aberdeen and then at Newnham College, Cambridge, for a PhD that was never finished. She worked as a lecturer at University of...
(born 1962) - Iain Crichton SmithIain Crichton SmithIain Crichton Smith was a Scottish man of letters, writing in both English and Scottish Gaelic, and a prolific author in both languages...
- Sydney Goodsir SmithSydney Goodsir SmithSydney Goodsir Smith was a Scottish poet, artist, dramatist and novelist. He wrote poetry in literary Scots often referred to as Lallans, and was a major figure of the Scottish Renaissance....
- Tobias SmollettTobias SmollettTobias George Smollett was a Scottish poet and author. He was best known for his picaresque novels, such as The Adventures of Roderick Random and The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle , which influenced later novelists such as Charles Dickens.-Life:Smollett was born at Dalquhurn, now part of Renton,...
(1721–1771), novelist - William SoutarWilliam SoutarWilliam Soutar was a Scottish poet, born 1898. He served in the navy in World War I, and afterwards studied at the University of Edinburgh, where he encountered the work of Hugh MacDiarmid. This led to a radical alteration in his work, and he became a leading poet of the Scottish Literary...
- Dame Muriel SparkMuriel SparkDame Muriel Spark, DBE was an award-winning Scottish novelist. In 2008 The Times newspaper named Spark in its list of "the 50 greatest British writers since 1945".-Early life:...
(1918 - 2006), novelist (The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie) - D. E. StevensonD. E. StevensonD. E. Stevenson , Dorothy Emily Peploe was a Scottish author of more than 40 light romantic novels. Her father was the lighthouse engineer David Alan Stevenson, first cousin to the author Robert Louis Stevenson....
(1892–1973), novelist - Robert Louis StevensonRobert Louis StevensonRobert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer. His best-known books include Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde....
(1850–1894), novelist, poet and travel writer - Ena Lamont StewartEna Lamont StewartEna Lamont Stewart was a Scottish playwright and the daughter of a Church of Scotland minister whose family was originally from Canada and had settled in Glasgow. She worked as the librarian of Baillie's Reference Library.Ena married the Scottish actor Jack Stewart and had a son, William...
, playwright - Mary StewartMary StewartMary Florence Elinor Stewart is a popular English novelist, best known for her Merlin series, which straddles the boundary between the historical novel and the fantasy genre.-Career:...
- William StewartWilliam Stewart (makar)William Stewart was a Scottish poet working in the first half of the 16th-century.-Life:He was great-grandson of one of the illegitimate sons of Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan. He was educated like his namesake William Stewart , the future bishop of Aberdeen, at the University of St Andrews....
, (c.1478-1548) - Annie Shepherd SwanAnnie Shepherd SwanAnnie Shepherd Swan CBE was a Scottish writer, journalist, novelist and short story writer. Although used her maiden name for most of her literary career, Swan also wrote under the pen names David Lyall and later Mrs Burnett-Smith...
- Chancery Stone (born 1956), novelist (DannyDanny- Music :* Danny Saucedo aka Danny, a Swedish singer* Ilkka Lipsanen aka Danny, a Finnish singer* Danny!, American hip-hop performer* "Danny" , a song by Tiffany in the album Tiffany* "Danny Boy", a Celtic folk song...
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- Robert TannahillRobert TannahillRobert Tannahill was a Scottish poet. Known as the 'Weaver Poet', his music and poetry is contemporaneous with that of Robert Burns.He was born at Castle Street in Paisley on 3 June 1774, the fourth son in a family of seven...
(1774–1810), poet - Alasdair and Hettie Tayler, historians
- Stephanie Taylor (born 1975), author (The Device, The Devil and Me)
- Josephine TeyJosephine TeyJosephine Tey was a pseudonym used by Elizabeth Mackintosh a Scottish author best known for her mystery novels. She also wrote as Gordon Daviot, under which name she wrote plays with an historical theme....
(1896–1952), mystery writer - Eleanor ThomEleanor ThomEleanor Thom was born in London in 1979. She is a British writer who won a major UK creative writing competition, New Writing Ventures 2006, with "Burns", a chapter from her first novel "The Tin-Kin" . The book recalls experiences of her mother's family who were Scottish Travellers and settled in...
(born 1979), novelist, author of "The Tin-Kin" - May Miles ThomasMay Miles ThomasMay Miles Thomas is a multi award-winning Scottish film director, screenwriter and pioneer of digital cinema. In 2000 she made the UK's first end-to-end digital feature film One Life Stand.-"One Life Stand":...
(born 1959), screenwriter - Derick ThomsonDerick ThomsonProfessor Derick S. Thomson MA, BA, Dlitt, FRSE, FBA , known as Ruaraidh MacThòmais in his native Scottish Gaelic, is a Scottish poet, publisher, lexicographer, academic and writer. He is originally from Lewis, but has spent much of his life in Glasgow, where he was Professor of Celtic at the...
(born 1921), poet and publisher, also known as Ruaraidh MacThòmais - James Thomson (The Seasons) (1700-1748)
- James Thomson (B.V.)James Thomson (B.V.)James Thomson , who wrote under the pseudonym Bysshe Vanolis, was a Scottish Victorian-era poet famous primarily for the long poem The City of Dreadful Night , an expression of bleak pessimism in a dehumanized, uncaring urban environment.-Life:Thomson was born in Port Glasgow, Scotland, and, after...
(1834-1882), poet - Jeff TorringtonJeff TorringtonJeff Torrington was a novelist from Glasgow in Scotland.His novels draw on the changing face of modern Scotland. Swing Hammer Swing was set during the demolition of the old Gorbals. It took 30 years to write. The Devil's Carousel drew on the decline of a fictionalised version of the...
(1935-2008), novelist - Thomas ToughillThomas ToughillThomas Toughill is a non-fiction author born in Glasgow, Scotland. His works include Oscar Slater: The Mystery Solved, World To Gain: The Battle For Global Domination And Why America Entered WWII and "The Ripper Code"...
, non-fiction author - Nigel TranterNigel TranterNigel Tranter OBE was a Scottish historian and author.-Early life:Nigel Tranter was born in Glasgow and educated at George Heriot's School in Edinburgh. He trained as an accountant and worked in Scottish National Insurance Company, founded by his uncle. In 1933 he married May Jean Campbell Grieve...
(1909–2000), wrote over 100 books covering non-fiction (history, architecture, Scotland), children's books, and novels (historical, contemporary adventure and westerns) - Alexander TrocchiAlexander TrocchiAlexander Whitelaw Robertson Trocchi was a Scottish novelist.-Early career:Trocchi was born in Glasgow to a Scottish mother and Italian father. After working as a seaman on the Murmansk convoys, he attended University of Glasgow. On graduation he obtained a traveling grant that enabled him to...
(1925–1984), novelist and cultural activist - Alexander Fraser TytlerAlexander Fraser TytlerAlexander Fraser Tytler, Lord Woodhouselee was a Scottish lawyer, writer, and professor. Tytler was also a historian, and for some years was Professor of Universal History, and Greek and Roman Antiquities, in the University of Edinburgh. Tytler's other titles included Senator of the College of...
(1747–1813), lawyer and writer - Patrick Fraser TytlerPatrick Fraser TytlerPatrick Fraser Tytler was a Scottish historian.-Life:The son of Lord Woodhouselee, he was born in Edinburgh, where he attended the Royal High School. He was called to the bar in 1813; in 1816 he became King's counsel in the Exchequer, and practised as an advocate until 1832...
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- Sir Thomas UrquhartThomas UrquhartSir Thomas Urquhart of Cromarty was a Scottish writer and translator, most famous for his translation of Rabelais.-Life:...
(1611–1660), writer and translator - Simon Varwell (born 1978), travel and humour writer
- Patrick Vickery (born 1959)
- Alan WarnerAlan WarnerAlan Warner , a Scottish novelist, grew up in Connel, near Oban.He is the author of six novels: the acclaimed Morvern Callar , winner of a Somerset Maugham Award; These Demented Lands , winner of the Encore Award; The Sopranos , winner of the Saltire Society Scottish Book of the Year Award; The Man...
(born 1964) - William WatsonWilliam Watson (writer)William Watson was a Scottish author, playwright and newspaper editor. He was initially Literary and then Features editor of the Scotsman newspaper....
(1931-2005) - Molly WeirMolly WeirMary Weir, better known as Molly Weir, was a Scottish stage actress, most notable for her role as the long-running character Hazel the McWitch in the BBC TV series Rentaghost. She was the sister of naturalist and broadcaster Tom Weir.Born in Glasgow and brought up in the Springburn area of the...
(1910–2004) - Tom WeirTom WeirThomas Weir MBE, better known as Tom was a Scottish climber, author and broadcaster. He was best known for his long-running television series Weir's Way and his trademark woolly bunnet.-Early life and career:...
(1914–2006) - Irvine WelshIrvine WelshIrvine Welsh is a contemporary Scottish novelist, best known for his novel Trainspotting. His work is characterised by raw Scottish dialect, and brutal depiction of the realities of Edinburgh life...
(born 1961), novelist (TrainspottingTrainspotting (novel)Trainspotting is the first novel by Scottish writer Irvine Welsh. It is written in the form of short chapters narrated in the first person by various residents of Leith, Edinburgh, who either use heroin, are friends of the core group of heroin users, or engage in destructive activities that are...
) - Louise WelshLouise WelshLouise Welsh is an author of short stories and novels, based in Glasgow, Scotland.Welsh studied History at Glasgow University and traded in second-hand books for several years before publishing her first novel....
, crime writer - Brian WhittinghamBrian WhittinghamBrian Whittingham is a Scottish writer, editor and lecturer on creative writing.-Early life and career:Brian Whittingham was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1950. He lived in a council tenement in Drumchapel until the early 1970s....
(born 1950) (writer) - John Wilson (Christopher North)
See also
- List of Scottish novelists
- Scottish literatureScottish literatureScottish literature is literature written in Scotland or by Scottish writers. It includes literature written in English, Scottish Gaelic, Scots, Brythonic, French, Latin and any other language in which a piece of literature was ever written within the boundaries of modern Scotland.The earliest...
- Lists of writers