Authors
Eddie Gibbons was born in Huyton, Liverpool, but has been living and working in Aberdeen since 1981. …
Gary Gibson is a science fiction author from Glasgow. He studied Sociology, History and Politics at …
Poet and writer Magi Gibson was born in Kilysth, but has lived and worked around Glasgow for most of …
Linda Gillard graduated from Bristol University with a degree in Drama and German and has had career …
Poet Valerie Gillies was born in Canada, but raised in south Lanarkshire and now lives in Edinburgh. …
Lesley Glaister is a fiction writer, poet, playwright and teacher of writing. She has published four …
Rodge Glass is originally from Cheshire where he had a Jewish upbringing (of sorts), with a sortie t …
The poet, editor, printer and designer Duncan Glen was born in Cambuslang in 1933. He is best known …
Poet John Glenday was born in Monifieth and educated at Arbroath High School, and later at Edinburgh …
Debi Gliori started writing children’s books in 1976, then attended art school in Edinburgh between …
Born in Aberdeen in 1886, Seton Gordon was only 21 when he published his first book, Birds of the Lo …
Books editor Jane Graham is an arts journalist. As a BBC radio producer, she worked on Radios 1, 3 a …
Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham
Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham – known as the Gaucho Laird and nicknamed Don Roberto – was a Scot …
Alasdair Gray is one of the great figures of contemporary Scottish writing. Born in Riddrie, Glasgow …
Alex Gray was born and raised in Glasgow. After brief jobs as a folk singer and a visiting officer f …
Born and raised in Grimsby, but now lives and works in Edinburgh. A former truck driver and pizza re …
Louise Greig is a poet and author born in Scotland. She has won several writing prizes, including th …
Andrew Greig was born in Bannockburn, although raised in the Fife town of Anstruther. Equally at hom …
Andrew James Greig was born in London and moved to Wales as a young teenager, before heading for the …
David Greig is as prolific playwright from Edinburgh. He was born in Edinburgh in 1969 but spent the …
Gabrielle Griffiths grew up in Aberdeenshire and now lives in Brighton. She was a Madeleine Milburn …
Anna Groundwater is currently the Principal Curator for Renaissance and Early Modern History at the …
Kirsty Gunn is the author of four novels—Rain, The Keepsake, Featherstone and The Boy and the Sea—a …
Neil Miller Gunn was a novelist, critic and dramatist working at the height of the Scottish Renaissa …
A writer of tough, fast, American-style pulp crime fiction, Allan Guthrie’s first novel, Two-Way Spl …
At the unprecedented young age of 30, Shetland-based poet Jen Hadfield was brought to national atten …
Described by The Scotsman as a ‘backwoods philosopher’, Mandy Haggith is an environmental campaigner …
Andy Hall graduated from Aberdeen University with a Bachelor of Education degree in 1977, his study …
Karina Halle is a former travel writer and music journalist and the USA Today Bestselling author of …
Although born in Belfast in 1756 (the date is uncertain), Elizabeth Hamilton spent most of her life …
Gerald Hammond was born in 1926 and worked as an architect for thirty years before retiring at the b …
Playwright and novelist Chris Hannan was born in Clydebank in 1958. He attended St Brendon’s Primary …
John Hannavy is a photographer, writer and historian. He has written many articles and books with ea …
Lucinda Hare is a children’s writer and illustrator from Edinburgh, who now lives in Lasswade in Mid …
Robert J. Harris was born in Dundee and now lives in St Andrews with his wife, sons and his dog. He …
Belfast-born Jane Harris was raised in Glasgow, but currently lives in London with her husband. A gr …
George Campbell Hay (Deòrsa MacIain Dheòrsa), a multilingual poet and figure of the Scottish literar …
Sian Hayton (the name is a pen name) produced a well-received trilogy in the late 1980s and early 19 …
Although she was born in Gourock, and attended the Edinburgh College of Art, the highlands and islan …
Sylvia was awarded a doctorate in creative writing from University of Glasgow in 2018 and is a forme …
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Lyndsey Croal
Lyndsey is a Scottish author published in over eighty magazines and anthologies, including Apex, Analog, Weird Tales, and Mslexia’s Best Women’s Short Fiction. She’s a Scottish Book Trust New Writers Awardee, Shirley Jackson Award and British Fantasy A …
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