Authors
Harry Morris was born and raised in Plantation, Glasgow, in 1951. Prior to retiring from the Strathc …
Ewan Morrison is an award-winning novelist, scriptwriter and essayist. His fiction tends to focus on …
Fiona Mozley is the author of two previous novels, Elmet and Hot Stew. She is the winner of a Somers …
Edwin Muir was an Orcadian poet, born in Deerness, who travelled widely throughout Europe and who’s …
Frank Muir is a crime writer, originally from Glasgow. He studied at Strathclyde University, and wor …
Born in Glasgow and now a dual UK/US citizen, T.F. Muir is the author of the DCI Andy Gilchrist seri …
Abir Mukherjee is the Times bestselling author of the Wyndham & Banerjee series of crime novels …
Helen and Morna Mulgray are twin sisters from Edinburgh who live and write together. They were born …
Neil Munro is best known for his ‘Para Handy’ stories these days but his writing career encompassed …
Donald S. Murray was a teacher of English for 30 years. Since leaving that profession, he has writte …
Andrew Murray Scott was born in Aberdeen in 1955. He graduated from Dundee University with a first c …
Will Napier was born in West Virginia, USA, to an American father and a British mother. After having …
D A (Dawn Ann) Nelson was born in Glasgow and grew up south of the city in the village of Neilston. …
Born in 1966 and brought up in Dalkeith, Mike is now based in Edinburgh, after spending time living …
Journalist Andrew Nicoll has lived in Broughty Ferry, near Dundee, for most of his life. After a bri …
Liz Niven was born and raised in Glasgow. After qualifying as an English teacher she left Glasgow an …
Maggie O’Farrell was born in Coleraine in Northern Ireland in 1972, and was raised in Wales and Scot …
Andrew O’Hagan was born in Glasgow but raised in the Scottish New Town of Irvine. He studied English …
Anthony O’Neill is the son of an Irish policeman and an Australian stenographer. He was born in Melb …
Margaret Oliphant was a novelist and historical writer who was born in Wallyford in 1828. She is bes …
Deborah Orr was an award-winning journalist, whose work regularly appeared in the GUARDIAN, the INDE …
Agnes Owens is one of Scotland’s most original but often overlooked short fiction authors. Readers a …
Adam Oyebanji is an SF/Crime novelist whose work blends thrilling plots with thought-provoking ideas …
Janet Paisley was born in Essex but raised in Avonbridge in central Scotland. She was a school teach …
Alan Parks has worked in the music industry for over twenty years. His debut novel Bloody January wa …
Heather Parry is a Glasgow-based writer and editor. Her debut novel, Orpheus Builds a Girl, was shor …
Born in Dundee, Don Paterson is an accomplished poet, author and playwright, as well as a jazz guita …
From industrial designer to tour guide to gardener; Alistair’s life has taken him through many twist …
Mary Paulson-Ellis was born in Glasgow and studied Politics and Sociology at Edinburgh University. S …
BETH PEARSON is an award-winning graduate of the Glasgow School of Art. She has worked on pre-produc …
Michael Pedersen is a Scottish poet and author. His acclaimed prose debut, Boy Friends, was publishe …
Sue Peebles was born in Arbroath in 1955. She spent some of her childhood in Detroit before returnin …
Stef Penney won the 2006 Cost Book Award for her début novel The Tenderness of Wolves. Born in Edinb …
Historical detective novelist Anne Perry was born in London in 1938, the daughter of an English phys …
Gillian Philip was born in Glasgow, the daughter of an Episcopalian priest. She moved in Aberdeen in …
Alycia Pirmohamed is a Canadian-born poet living in Scotland. She completed a Ph.D. at the Universit …
Since 2007, Murray has been Bradley Professor at the University of Glasgow and successively Dean, Vi …
Polly Pullar is a conservationist, naturalist, writer and photographer specialising in wildlife and …
Poet Tom Pow was born in Edinburgh in 1950. After studying at St Andrews University, he taught Engli …
Alex Preston was born in 1979. He lives in London with his wife and son. He used to work in the hedg …
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