Authors
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 …
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 …
Sir David Amess was a Conservative MP from 1983, firstly for Basildon then Southend West. He was act …
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 author from Airdrie, North Lanarkshire. His teenage years we …
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 …
Named as one of the most influential LGBT people in the UK by the Independent on Sunday and “one of …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Jessica Brockmole spent several years living in Scotland, where she knew too well the challenges in …
Orla Broderick is a single mother living with her daughter and dog on the beautiful Isle of Skye. Sh …
Football, religion, a dark and sometimes violent sense of humour are the hallmarks of Christopher Br …
Nick Brooks was born and still lives in Glasgow. He achieved a First Class Honours Degree in English …
Dan Brotzel’s stories have appeared in Pithead Chapel, Ellipsis Zine, Reflex Fiction, Cabinet of Hee …
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QuickFire, Slow Burning by Janette Ayachi
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FEATURED AUTHOR:
James Crawford
James Crawford is a writer and broadcaster, and the publisher at Historic Environment Scotland. Born in the Shetlands in 1978, he studied History and Philosophy of Law at the University of Edinburgh, winning the Lord President Cooper Memorial Prize. Ja …
FEATURED PUBLISHER:
Luath Press
Luath Press takes its name from Robert Burns, whose little collie Luath (Gael., swift or nimble) tripped up Jean Armour at a wedding and gave him the chance to speak to the woman who was to be his wife and the abiding love of his life. Burns called one …