Authors
Abigail Abbas began her career in financial PR. She left the City to raise her children and worked a …
John Aberdein is a writer, originally from Aberdeen, who won the Saltire First Book of the Year for …
Molly Aitken was born in Scotland in 1991 and brought up in Ireland. She studied Literature and Clas …
Carlos Alba is a journalist, media consultant and novelist from Glasgow. He attended Glasgow High Sc …
Nina Allan was born in London and grew up in the south east of England. Her first published piece of …
Annemarie Allan studied at Stirling University and worked as a teacher and librarian near London. Re …
Vicky Allan is an award-winning journalist and author. A staff writer for the Herald on Sunday, her …
David Alston is a Historian and Independent Researcher. He is the author of Ross & Cromarty: A H …
Crime writer Lin Anderson was born in Greenock, and studied at Glasgow, Edinburgh and Napier Univers …
Scoular Anderson is a children’s author and illustrator who has written over seventy books, and illu …
James Stout Angus was a poet from Shetland, who wrote poetry in the Shetlandic dialect. Born in Catf …
Gill Arbuthnott was raised in Edinburgh and attended James Gillespies’ school, the setting for Murie …
Graeme Armstrong is a Times bestselling, multi-award-winning author from Airdrie. His teenage years …
Tariq Ashkanani is a writer based in Edinburgh, Scotland. His debut thriller, Welcome to Cooper, won …
David Ashton was born in Greenock in 1961. After several years working for a bank, he studied at the …
Although born in Yorkshire in England, Kate Atkinson studied English at Dundee University and now li …
Patrick Baker has worked in the publishing industry for many years and is currently writer for an in …
One of the most inventive British authors, Iain Banks writes contemporary biting fiction and, under …
Ray Banks’ first novel, The Big Blind, was published in America in 2004, but his first UK success ca …
James William Barke was born in Selkirkshire in 1905 to Galloway parents, he moved in Glasgow in as …
Scriptwriter Rosy Barnes was raised in Edinburgh, and later studied Fine Art and English Literature …
Andrew Redmond Barr is a writer and artist from Edinburgh with a keen interest in Scottish history, …
Born in Kirriemuir, Angus, J.M. Barrie was the ninth of ten children. His father was David Barrie, a …
Ghillie BaŞan is an award-winning writer, broadcaster, food anthropologist, storyteller and tourism …
Gaelic poet and academic Meg Bateman was born and raised in Edinburgh, where she attended Mary Erski …
M.C. Beaton is the best-known pen name for the hugely prolific author Marion Chesney. She was born i …
Matt Bendoris is a feature writer and novelist who was shortlisted for the Bloody Scotland Crime Boo …
Nicholas Binge is a bestselling author of speculative thrillers that blend big sci-fi concepts with …
D V Bishop is the author of more than twenty published novels, an award-winning screenwriter, and a …
Alan Bissett was born and raised in Falkirk. He graduated from Stirling University with a first clas …
Tony Black was born in Newcastle in Australia and raised in Scotland and Ireland. he now lives and w …
Sharon Blackie’s roots are in the north-east of England and in Edinburgh, though she has travelled a …
Kirstie Blair moved to Strathclyde University in August 2016, after working for the Universities of …
In the author’s own words, Emma Blair was “about late forties, a bit of a tough cookie and had a cer …
Akemi Dawn Bowman is the author of William C. Morris Award Finalist Starfish, Summer Bird Blue, and …
William Boyd was born in Accra, Ghana, in 1952, the son of expatriate Scots from Fife. He regards hi …
Born in the city of Coventry and now living near Glasgow, CD Boyland’s poems have been accepted or p …
Theresa Breslin is a Carnegie-awarding winning novelist of 25 books for children. A former librarian …
Brian D Osborne was born in Glasgow in 1941 and grew up in Helensburgh. After a brief career in book …
Paul Bristow has written for radio and television as well as running community projects, including t …
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FEATURED AUTHOR:
Catriona Child
Catriona Child gained a degree in English from Aberdeen University before completing an MA in creative writing at Lancaster University. She won the Sunday Herald Blog competition and was shortlisted for the National Library of Scotland/The Scotsman Cri …
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HarperCollins
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