Authors
Hazel McHaffie is the award winning author of a new series of novels, described by Fay Weldon as “an …
Writer, broadcaster and storyteller Stuart McHardy has long been interested in Scotland’s cultural h …
Professor Liam McIlvanney, the son of novelist William McIlvanney, was born in Kilmarnock in Ayrshir …
Novelist William McIlvanney was born in Kilmarnock and studied at the Academy there, before going on …
Janis Mackay is a writer, storyteller and voice teacher from Edinburgh. She studied journalism in Lo …
Although born in Tynemouth, author Shirley McKay now lives and writes in Fife. She studied English a …
Duncan McLean was born in Aberdeenshire in 1964. He forms part of that influential bunch of then you …
Russel D McLean is a crime writer hailing from Dundee; he describes himself as ‘an author, reviewer …
Florence Marian McNeill (1885–1973) was born in the Free Church manse, Holm in Orkney. Her mother di …
Glasgow-born novelist Graham McNeill studied architecture and building surveying at the Glasgow Cale …
Although she was born in the Scottish Borders, Moira McPartlin was raised in a small Fife mining vil …
Catriona McPherson was born in South Queensferry in 1965. She claims she ‘day-dreamed my way through …
Chris McQueer is a Scottish writer and spoken art performer. With extensive use of the Scots languag …
Callum McSorley is a writer based in Glasgow whose short stories have appeared in Gutter Magazine, M …
Candia McWilliam is a novelist, born in Edinburgh in 1955. Her mother died in 1964, when she was jus …
Mark Mechan grew up in Broughty Ferry with his mum and dad, and is the youngest of four siblings — t …
James Meek writes….: Born in Blackheath, London, in 1962, second of four children. Father, the son …
Fidan Meikle is an Azerbaijani-British writer, linguist and translator. She writes poetry and prose …
Metaphrog are Franco-Scottish duo Sandra Marrs and John Chalmers, winners of The Sunday Herald Scott …
Denzil Meyrick is from Campbeltown on the Kintyre Peninsula in Argyll. After studying politics, he e …
Ali Millar is an author and journalist. Born in Edinburgh and raised in the Scottish Borders, she no …
Mark Millar is one of the world’s most popular comic-book writers, with a string of commercial succe …
Kate Milner studied illustration at Central St Martin’s before completing an MA in Children’s Book I …
Denise Mina was born in the new town of East Kilbride, just outside Glasgow. Her father was an engin …
Born Naomi Margaret Haldane in 1897 in Edinburgh, Naomi Mitchison was a Scottish novelist and poet w …
Alistair Moffat was born (in 1950) and raised in Kelso, in the Scottish Borders. He went to universi …
Gary Moffat is a criminal defence lawyer and crime novelist from Kilmarnock. He studied law at Strat …
Edwin Morgan was Glasgow’s first Poet Laureate, in 1999; five years later he was named as the first …
Nicola Morgan studied Classics and Philosophy at Cambridge University, before becoming an English te …
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 …
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 bestselling author of the award-winning Wyndham & Banerjee series of crime …
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 …
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FEATURED AUTHOR:
Nina Allan
Nina Allan was born in London and grew up in the south east of England. Her first published piece of fiction appeared in a magazine called Dark Horizons in 2002. Since then, her stories have featured in numerous magazines and anthologies including The …
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Cranachan Publishing
Established at the beginning of 2016, Cranachan is a small independent publisher and a fresh-face in Scottish publishing landscape. They are committed to finding new voices and writing talent for their adult fiction list and their children’s historical …