Authors
Children’s fantasy author Lari Don was born in Chile, and travelled widely in South and Central Amer …
Edinburgh-born David Donachie is a historical novelist with a particular interest in naval history i …
Born in North London, Julia Donaldson now lives and works in Glasgow. While studying French and Dram …
Anne Donovan grew up in Coatbridge, a town in North Lanarkshire. She is best known for her first nov …
Robert Douglas is a memoirist and novelist, originally from Maryhill in Glasgow. He left school aged …
Mark Douglas-Home is a journalist turned author, who was editor of the Herald and the Sunday Times S …
Peter Dorward was born in St Andrews in 1963. Having been a hop-picker, an aid-worker in the Bolivia …
Born in Glasgow but raised in Stafford in England, Carol Ann Duffy studied Philosophy at Liverpool U …
“A scribbler of strange fictions and shouty verse, swearing like a sailor, smoking like a lum, I’m a …
Elizabeth Jane Cameron was born in Renton in West Dunbartonshire in 1910, and wrote novels under the …
A. Rae Dunlap studied film and Victorian literature at Northwestern University and spends her days a …
Professor Douglas Dunn was born in Inchinnan, Renfrewshire in 1942, and was a multi-award winning au …
Dorothy Dunnett, one of Scotland’s best-known and popular writers, was born Dorothy Halliday in Dunf …
Dr Bruce Durie is recognised internationally as one of the leading practitioners in his field, parti …
Born in Kent and educated in London and Durham, author Margaret Elphinstone has lived and worked in …
Journalist, broadcaster and novelist Gavin Esler was born in Clydebank and educated at Edinburgh’s G …
Julian Evans grew up on Australia’s east coast and in the south London suburbs in the 1960s. In 1990 …
Franzeska G Ewart is a children’s author originally from Stranraer. She studied medicine at Glasgow …
Although born in The Hague in The Netherlands, and having lived in Australia since he was seven, Mic …
In her own words: I am an author, and poet, currently based in Portobello — a seaside town in Edinbu …
John Gerard Fagan is a writer from Glasgow / Scotland who writes in Scots, Scottish Gaelic, and Engl …
Jeff Fallow is an a graphic designer and illustrator. He lives and works in Fife with his wife and s …
John Fardell was brought up in the countryside near Bristol, and has lived in Edinburgh since 1992. …
Alice Feeney is a New York Times million-copy bestselling author of novels including His & Hers, …
Gordon Ferris grew up in Kilmarnock in the west of Scotland. He began writing when he found himself …
Kathleen Fidler was born in Coalville, Leicestershire in 1890, and was raised in Wigan and North Wal …
Alistair Findlay was born in Winchburgh, in West Lothian, in 1949. The son of a fourth-generation sh …
Matthew Fitt has lived all over the world: Prague, New York and Sydney but now lives in Lanarkshire. …
Although originally from Victoria, Australia, Helen Fitzgerald has worked and lived in Scotland for …
Cal Flyn is an award-winning writer from the Highlands of Scotland. She writes creative nonfiction, …
Sarah Forbes was born in Aberdeen and grew up in Stonehaven, though her mum is from beautiful Shetla …
Anne Forbes is a children’s writer from Edinburgh. A teacher for many years, she moved to Kuwait in …
Ronald Frame was born in Glasgow, and studied for an MA at the city’s university and a B.Litt at the …
Gavin Francis is an award-winning writer and GP. He is the author of four books of non-fiction, incl …
Anders Frang is a freelance illustrator from Denmark. He studied at the Danish Design School in Cope …
Prolific children’s author Vivian French now lives and works in Edinburgh, but was born in Bedfordsh …
Graham Fulton is a poet, originally from Hampton in England but who has lived in Paisley since he wa …
Henry Gabriel is a playwright, novelist and essayist, and native of Glasgow. He has had several of h …
Gillian Galbraith is a former advocate and now Scottish crime writer. Born in Perthshire but raised …
Iain Gale was born and went to school in London, but studied at the University of Edinburgh. He wrot …
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Alistair Paul
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