Authors
Julia is a mother, writer and teacher. She has been longlisted for The Mslexia Novel Prize, The Exet …
Born in Glasgow in 1946, James Kelman left school at fifteen to begin an apprenticeship as a composi …
In 1993, A.L. Kennedy featured on a Granta list of Best Young British Novelists (along with such lum …
In his own words: Life for Scotland’s top travel writer began a long way from the Mediterranean isla …
Philip Kerr was born and raised in Edinburgh, but moved to Northampton when he was 14. He studied La …
Born Jessie Grant Macdonald in an Inverness workhouse in 1916, Jessie Kesson was a novelist and play …
Mairi Kidd is the Director of The Saltire Society. She leads on delivery of the Society’s programmes …
Briefly I was born and went to school in Yorkshire, then agricultural college in Lancashire followed …
Nicolae Klepper is a Romanian-born American author who now lives and works in Edinburgh. He was born …
Edinburgh-based crime writer Alanna Knight has written over forty novels since the publication of he …
William Knox was a Scottish author, journalist and broadcaster. Born in Glasgow in 1928, he went int …
Frank Kuppner was born in Glasgow in 1951 and has lived there ever since. He has been Writer in Resi …
Although born in Aberdeen, historian Angus Konstam was raised in Orkney. He started a naval scholars …
Hannah Lavery is a Scottish poet, playwright and performer. The Drift, her autobiographical spoken w …
Sue Lawrence is one of the UK’s leading cookery writers. After winning BBC’s MasterChef in 1991, she …
In 2002 Liam Leddy’s GP advised him to take up a ‘hobby’. His obsession with reading, having been nu …
Joan Lennon grew up in Canada and arrived in Scotland in 1978. After a year on a Hebridean island, s …
Tom Leonard, the poet, was born in Glasgow and attended Lourdes Secondary School. He then studied at …
William Letford has worked as a roofer, on and off, since he was fifteen years old. He has received …
Douglas Lindsay is a crime writer from Lanarkshire. After studying at the University of Glasgow, he …
Joan Lingard is a name instantly recognisable to those interested in children’s books, although she …
Although he was born in Wales, author Eric Robert Russell Linklater is strongly associated with Aber …
Amy Liptrot has published her work with various magazines, journals and blogs and she has written a …
Lindsay Littleson is a primary school teacher in Renfrewshire, Scotland. Since taking up writing for …
Liz Lochhead is one of Scotland’s best-known poets and dramatists, with her books and poetry attract …
Caroline Logan is a writer of Young Adult Fantasy. Her debut novel, The Stone of Destiny, is the fir …
Kirsty Logan is the author of the novels Now She is Witch, The Gracekeepers, and The Gloaming, the s …
Dane Love was born in Cumnock, Ayrshire. He was educated in the town, followed by Jordanhill College …
Born in Glasgow in 1967, Shari spent her first sixteen years living in Scotland. At age 16 she left …
Roddy Lumsden published ten books of poetry. His last book, So Glad I’m Me (2017), was shortlisted f …
Martin MacIntyre, or Màrtainn Mac an t-Saoir in Scottish Gaelic, grew up in Lenzie, a town on the ou …
Stuart MacBride was born in Dumbarton, but moved to Aberdeen when he was two. His parents run an off …
Poet Norman MacCaig was born in Edinburgh but shared his time between the capital and Assynt in Suth …
Hugh MacDiarmid was just one of the many pseudonyms of Christopher Murray Grieve, from Langholm in D …
George MacDonald was a Scottish poet, fantasy and children’s novelist, and church minister, most fam …
Rod Macdonald is a bestselling author of books focused on diving. His titles are must haves for anyo …
Alan MacGillivray is a teacher, lecturer and poet, born in Fife, raised in Dumfries and now living a …
Martin MacInnes was born in Inverness in 1983. He has an MA from the University of York, has read at …
Academic, writer and broadcaster Pàdraig MacAoidh (Peter Mackay) has been appointed as Scotland’s Ma …
Ross Mackenzie’s latest novel, Shadowsmith, is in bookshops now. Aimed at readers aged 9-12, this c …
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Martin MacInnes
Martin MacInnes was born in Inverness in 1983. He has an MA from the University of York, has read at international science and literature festivals, and is the winner of a Scottish Book Trust New Writers Award and the 2014 Manchester Fiction Prize. He …
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Canongate Books
Canongate was founded in 1973, and was taken over by current CEO Jamie Byng in 1994 following a management buyout. It has since emerged as one of the most dynamic publishing houses in Britain. With a distinctly international outlook, Canongate Books co …